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%

Lenora Township$740/mo

Typical home $127K (Census) · tax rate 0.64% · Housing →

Sharon Township$840/mo

Typical home $125K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $110 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Sharon Township and Lenora 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

Lenora TownshipSharon Township

Snow a year42″42″

January low-3°F -3°F

July high79°F 79°F

Growing season (days)128d 128d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 48th

Outdoors & history

Lenora TownshipSharon Township

Trails26 mi 13 mi

Conserved land12.8%17.2%

Settled—1896

Archive photos—1

Famous people born here—1

Community

Lenora TownshipSharon 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.

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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

Lenora TownshipSharon Township

People

Population 55Highest 27Lowest

Median age 62.4±7.1Highest 74% above ND 38.8±18.6Lowest 8% above ND

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

Kids under 18 0%±51.4Lowest ND: 23.5% 14.8%±91.7Highest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 25.5%±57.4Highest ND: 16.5% 22.2%±100Lowest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 40%Highest ND: 32.7% 38.9%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±25.7Lowest ND: 7.6% 7.4%±38.4Highest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $127,300±$67kHighest 49% below ND $125,000±$112kLowest 50% below ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $818 67% below ND —

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

Below poverty line 14.5%Highest ND: 10.8% 0%Lowest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.3%Lowest ND: 62.9% 100%Highest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 1 yr older than ND 1963Lowest 19 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Work from home 0%±24.4 ND: 8.1% 0%±55.6 ND: 8.1%

Work in townworking residents 3.7%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miLowest 23.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.30Highest 0.19Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cooperstown (26%)Hatton (13%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sharon TownshipFew work in Lenora Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.8%Lowest 17.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 25.7 miHighest 13.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7 0.7

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.

Lenora Township vs Sharon Township

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