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 →

Walcott$2,080/mo

Typical home $354K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.78% · Housing →

The difference: $1,410 a month, about $16,900 a year, between Walcott 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.

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

KensalWalcott

Snow a year35″—

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd 58th

Outdoors & history

KensalWalcott

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1892 1880

Famous people born here2 —

Community

KensalWalcott

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

99 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

KensalND WalcottND

Kensal ↔ Walcott99 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

KensalWalcott

People

Population 233Lowest 272Highest

Median age 33.8±18.4Lowest 6% below ND 34.8±4.2Highest 3% below ND

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

Kids under 18 33.9%±21.9Lowest ND: 23.5% 34.6%±5.1Highest ND: 23.5%

Walcott and Kensal 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% 9.6%±8.2Lowest ND: 16.5%

Kensal and Walcott 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% 27.5%Highest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±4.5Lowest ND: 7.6% 2.6%±3.9Highest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $75,000±$21kLowest about the ND average $93,125±$32kHighest 21% above ND

Walcott 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±$101kLowest 52% below ND $188,900±$33kHighest 24% below ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $613Lowest 75% below ND $1,464Highest 41% below ND

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% 9.4%Highest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 86.4%Lowest ND: 62.9% 89.6%Highest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 44 yrs older than ND 1979Highest 3 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minLowest 41% above ND 31 minHighest 74% above ND

Work from home 0%±10.3Lowest ND: 8.1% 6.6%±7.2Highest ND: 8.1%

Walcott and Kensal 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 27.8 miHighest 23.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Highest 0.17Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Jamestown (43%)Fargo (44%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.0 miLowest 1.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 51.6Highest 22.8Lowest

Schools

School district KENSAL 19—

High school in town Kensal High School—

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

Deciding?

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Kensal Township12 people · $213K homes

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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.

Kensal vs Walcott

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,410 more a month in Walcott

What daily life feels like in each

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