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Longview Township vs Meadow Township

110 miles apart. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (3.9× in Meadow Township) and street grid (2.7× in Meadow Township).

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Longview Township, NDA small town of 146Foster County · 146 people
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Meadow Township, NDAn outdoors townMcHenry County · 106 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Longview TownshipA small town of 146
Quiet strengthsLongview Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Longview Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

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
Longview TownshipMeadow Township
Snow a year—49″
January low—-4°F
July high—81°F
Growing season (days)—132d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th14th
Outdoors & history
Longview TownshipMeadow Township
Conserved land4.8%32.9%
National Register places—1
Community
Longview TownshipMeadow Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

110 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Longview Township ↔ Meadow Township110 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.

Longview TownshipMeadow Township
People
Population 146Highest 106Lowest
Median age 26.6±2.1Highest 26% below ND 22.5±44Lowest 37% below ND
Longview Township and Meadow Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 26.7%±13.6Lowest ND: 23.5% 49.1%±44.1Highest ND: 23.5%
Meadow Township and Longview Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±23.7Lowest ND: 16.5% 12.3%±28.9Highest ND: 16.5%
Meadow Township and Longview Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.7%Lowest ND: 32.7% 23.1%Highest ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±9.7 ND: 7.6% 0%±13.3 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $71,250±$47k 7% below ND
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $54,500±$17k 78% below ND
Property taxmedian, yearly — $1,656 33% below ND
Below poverty line 0%Lowest ND: 10.8% 6.7%Highest ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1951 31 yrs older than ND
Getting to work
Work from home 59.4%±20.9Highest ND: 8.1% 25%±24.9Lowest ND: 8.1%
Longview Township and Meadow 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 7.3 miLowest 35.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.17Lowest 0.67Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Carrington (83%)Minot (29%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Meadow TownshipFew work in Longview Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 4.8%Lowest 32.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 20.3 miHighest 17.8 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.5 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1 1
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.3Lowest 0.8Highest
North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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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