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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Ostby TownshipNormal Township

People

Population 50Highest 42Lowest

Median age 63.4±12.1Highest 77% above ND 6.4±23.2Lowest 82% below ND

Kids under 18 0%±56.6Lowest ND: 23.5% 61.9%±8.5Highest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 44%±69.8Highest ND: 16.5% 11.9%±75.9Lowest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 68%Highest ND: 32.7% 0%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±28.3 ND: 7.6% 0%±33.7 ND: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $184,118±$96k 140% above ND —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,800±$45k 56% below ND —

Below poverty line 0% ND: 10.8% 0% ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1945Lowest 37 yrs older than ND 1955Highest 27 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Work from home 0%±35.7 ND: 8.1% 0%±100 ND: 8.1%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.8 miLowest 46.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Highest 0.03Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bottineau (50%)Minot (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Normal TownshipFew work in Ostby Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 47.8%Highest 33.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 32.7 miLowest 38.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4 0.4

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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