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%

Hurley Township$1,370/mo

Typical home $225K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · Housing →

Wold Township$1,760/mo

Typical home $305K (Census) · tax rate 0.63% · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Wold Township and Hurley Township.

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

Hurley TownshipWold Township

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)6th 32nd

Outdoors & history

Hurley TownshipWold Township

Trails38 mi 14 mi

Conserved land33%0.8%

Community

Hurley TownshipWold Township

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

221 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hurley TownshipRenville County Wold TownshipTraill County

Hurley Township ↔ Wold Township221 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

Hurley TownshipWold Township

People

Population 64Lowest 70Highest

Median age 47.5±26.3Lowest 32% above ND 49.9±16.5Highest 39% above ND

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

Kids under 18 31.3%±35.9Highest ND: 23.5% 25.7%±31.2Lowest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 15.6%±50.5Highest ND: 16.5% 11.4%±43.7Lowest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.2%Lowest ND: 32.7% 19.6%Highest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±22.1Lowest ND: 7.6% 1.4%±14.6Highest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $101,705±$12kLowest 33% above ND $106,250±$74kHighest 39% above ND

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $225,000±$16kLowest 10% below ND $305,000±$80kHighest 22% above ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,233Highest 10% below ND $1,917Lowest 22% below ND

Below poverty line 0% ND: 10.8% 0% ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 2002Highest 20 yrs newer than ND 1975Lowest 7 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 8 minLowest 55% below ND 48 minHighest 170% above ND

Work from home 2.3%±8.9Lowest ND: 8.1% 4.3%±6.1Highest ND: 8.1%

Wold Township and Hurley Township 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 35.8 miHighest 22.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 1.00Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Mohall (17%)Grand Forks (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Wold TownshipFew work in Hurley Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 33%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 38.2 miHighest 13.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.1 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4Lowest 1.0Highest

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.

Hurley Township vs Wold Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Wold Township

What daily life feels like in each

221 miles apart

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