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Norman Township vs Edendale Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (+50% in Norman Township).

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Norman Township, NDA small town of 0Traill County
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Edendale Township, NDA small town of 24Steele County · 24 people
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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.

Norman TownshipA small town of 0
Quiet strengthsNorman Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Edendale TownshipA small town of 24
Quiet strengthsEdendale Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Edendale 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.

Street grid+50%
Norman Township has the more walkable street grid
Norman Township 0.9Edendale Township 0.6
★ What stands out · Where they are

Norman Township and Edendale Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Norman TownshipEdendale TownshipNorman TownshipEdendale Township
Norman Township ↔ Edendale Township6.0 miles apart · They share a border
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
Norman TownshipEdendale Township
Snow a year35″35″
January low-6°F-6°F
July high81°F81°F
Growing season (days)136d136d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)28th48th
Outdoors & history
Norman TownshipEdendale Township
Trails14 mi17 mi
Conserved land3.5%4.6%
Community
Norman TownshipEdendale 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.

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.

Norman TownshipEdendale Township
People
Population 0Lowest 24Highest
Median age — 34.8±35.3 3% below ND
Kids under 18 — 37.5%±100 ND: 23.5%
Age 65+ — 29.2%±100 ND: 16.5%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ — 0% ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents — 0%±58.9 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Below poverty line — 0% ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes — 100% ND: 62.9%
Getting to work
Work from home — 27.3%±15.7 ND: 8.1%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 41.8 miHighest 17.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.53Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Hillsboro (16%)Finley (20%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Edendale TownshipFew work in Norman Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.5%Lowest 4.6%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 14.4 miLowest 16.7 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.5 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.9Highest 0.6Lowest
North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Norman Township

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Blanchard Township85 people · $137K homes
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Roseville Township89 people
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Galesburg Township137 people · $330K homes

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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