A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Gladstone$2,030/mo

Typical home $350K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.66% · or rent about $850/mo · Housing →

Alexander$1,350/mo

Typical home $229K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,375/mo · Housing →

The difference: $680 a month, about $8,100 a year, between Gladstone and Alexander.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every North Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

–GladstoneNot graded DAlexanderBetter than 13% of districts in the state

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

GladstoneAlexander

Snow a year35″39″

January low4°F 4°F

July high84°F 85°F

Growing season (days)119d 135d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 40th

Outdoors & history

GladstoneAlexander

Settled1882 1905

Archive photos11 17

Famous people born here—1

Community

GladstoneAlexander

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

84 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GladstoneND AlexanderND

Gladstone ↔ Alexander84 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs North Dakota average

GladstoneAlexander

People

Population 230Lowest 255Highest

Median age 37.3±15.2Highest 4% above ND 34.5±6.2Lowest 4% below ND

Gladstone and Alexander are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 21.7%±13.3Lowest ND: 23.5% 23.1%±9.3Highest ND: 23.5%

Alexander and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 8.3%±9.5Highest ND: 16.5% 4.3%±10.7Lowest ND: 16.5%

Gladstone and Alexander are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.9%Highest ND: 32.7% 11.8%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6.1Lowest ND: 7.6% 1.2%±4.2Highest ND: 7.6%

Alexander and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $95,417±$45kLowest 24% above ND $121,953±$48kHighest 59% above ND

Alexander and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $205,700±$61kLowest 18% below ND $229,200±$153kHighest 8% below ND

Alexander and Gladstone are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $850±$53Lowest 11% below ND $1,375±$337Highest 44% above ND

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,361Lowest 45% below ND $1,740Highest 29% below ND

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±100Highest ND: 38.9% 21.1%±92.3Lowest ND: 38.9%

Gladstone and Alexander are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10%Highest ND: 10.8% 0.4%Lowest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.2%Highest ND: 62.9% 85%Lowest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Highest 2 yrs newer than ND 1957Lowest 25 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minLowest 69% above ND 31 minHighest 74% above ND

Work from home 16.1%±11.7Highest ND: 8.1% 3.1%±4.2Lowest ND: 8.1%

Gladstone and Alexander are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 4.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Lowest 1.33Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Dickinson (52%)Williston (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in AlexanderFew work in Gladstone

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.6 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.3Highest 26.5Lowest

Schools

School district —ALEXANDER 2

High school in town —Alexander High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 7.6

North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Gladstone vs Alexander

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $680 more a month in Gladstone

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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