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 →

Benedict$1,460/mo

Typical home $241K (Census) · tax rate 0.98% · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,800 a year, between Gladstone and Benedict.

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.

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

GladstoneBenedict

Snow a year35″49″

January low4°F 0°F

July high84°F 81°F

Growing season (days)119d 141d

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

Outdoors & history

GladstoneBenedict

Settled1882 1906

Archive photos11 1

Community

GladstoneBenedict

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

97 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

GladstoneND BenedictND

Gladstone ↔ Benedict97 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

GladstoneBenedict

People

Population 230Highest 227Lowest

Median age 37.3±15.2Highest 4% above ND 35.6±25.7Lowest about the ND average

Gladstone and Benedict 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% 33.9%±12.7Highest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 8.3%±9.5Lowest ND: 16.5% 15%±12.8Highest ND: 16.5%

Benedict and Gladstone 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% 9.9%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±6.1Lowest ND: 7.6% 0.4%±4.5Highest ND: 7.6%

Benedict 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±$45kHighest 24% above ND $61,791±$21kLowest 19% below ND

Gladstone and Benedict 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 $241,000±$127kHighest 4% below ND

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $850±$53 11% below ND —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,361Lowest 45% below ND $2,365Highest 4% below ND

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±100 ND: 38.9% —

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

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.2%Lowest ND: 62.9% 100%Highest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Highest 2 yrs newer than ND 1977Lowest 5 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 69% above ND 18 minLowest about the ND average

Work from home 16.1%±11.7Highest ND: 8.1% 0%±12.5Lowest ND: 8.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.09Highest 0.04Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Dickinson (52%)Garrison (35%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 2.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 1.7 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.3Lowest 75.0Highest

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

Deciding?

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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 Benedict

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Gladstone

What daily life feels like in each

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