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%

Kensal$670/mo

Typical home $119K (Census) · tax rate 0.52% · Housing →

Munich$780/mo

Typical home $110K (Census) · tax rate 2.20% · Housing →

The difference: $100 a month, about $1,200 a year, between Munich and Kensal.

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

–KensalNot graded AMunichBetter than 87% 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

KensalMunich

Snow a year35″38″

January low—-6°F

July high—78°F

Growing season (days)—128d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 17th

Outdoors & history

KensalMunich

Settled1892 1904

Famous people born here2 1

Community

KensalMunich

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

95 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KensalND MunichND

Kensal ↔ Munich95 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

KensalMunich

People

Population 233Lowest 257Highest

Median age 33.8±18.4Highest 6% below ND 32.8±11.5Lowest 9% below ND

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

Kids under 18 33.9%±21.9Highest ND: 23.5% 30.7%±10.2Lowest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 19.3%±7.3Highest ND: 16.5% 15.2%±5.4Lowest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.8%Lowest ND: 32.7% 28.7%Highest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±4.5 ND: 7.6% 0.4%±4 ND: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,000±$21kLowest about the ND average $78,563±$8kHighest about the ND average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $118,800±$101kHighest 52% below ND $109,800±$28kLowest 56% below ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $613Lowest 75% below ND $2,421Highest about the ND average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 ND: 38.9% 0%±100 ND: 38.9%

Below poverty line 1.7%Lowest ND: 10.8% 9.3%Highest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.4%Highest ND: 62.9% 83.5%Lowest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 44 yrs older than ND 1974Highest 8 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 41% above ND 18 minLowest about the ND average

Work from home 0%±10.3Lowest ND: 8.1% 6.2%±6.4Highest ND: 8.1%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 4.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.8 miLowest 37.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Lowest 0.83Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Jamestown (43%)Langdon (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MunichFew work in Kensal

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.6Highest 28.1Lowest

Schools

School district KENSAL 19MUNICH 19

High school in town Kensal High SchoolMunich High School

Students per teacherat that high school — 5.7

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.

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