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%

Selfridge$390/mo

Typical home $71K (Census) · tax rate 0.32% · or rent about $492/mo · Housing →

Ryder$350/mo

Typical home $53K (Census) · tax rate 1.69% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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

SelfridgeRyder

Snow a year35″49″

January low4°F 0°F

July high85°F 81°F

Growing season (days)137d 141d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)63rd 21st

Outdoors & history

SelfridgeRyder

Trails1 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1911 1906

Community

SelfridgeRyder

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

135 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SelfridgeND RyderND

Selfridge ↔ Ryder135 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

SelfridgeRyder

People

Population 198Highest 100Lowest

Median age 32.9±12.4Lowest 8% below ND 33.6±10.1Highest 6% below ND

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

Kids under 18 27.3%±8.8Highest ND: 23.5% 26%±15.4Lowest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 29.3%±16.4Highest ND: 16.5% 24%±22.4Lowest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.6%Highest ND: 32.7% 5.8%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1%±5.6Lowest ND: 7.6% 2%±10.4Highest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $56,250±$11kHighest 27% below ND $40,313±$11kLowest 47% below ND

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $70,600±$29kHighest 72% below ND $53,300±$26kLowest 79% below ND

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $492±$187 48% below ND —

Property taxmedian, yearly $223Lowest 91% below ND $900Highest 64% below ND

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.6%±69.3Lowest ND: 38.9% 56.3%±100Highest ND: 38.9%

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

Below poverty line 10.6%Lowest ND: 10.8% 32%Highest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 54.3%Lowest ND: 62.9% 57.8%Highest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1971Highest 11 yrs older than ND 1938Lowest 44 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 12% above ND 29 minHighest 60% above ND

Work from home 2.7%±3.3Lowest ND: 8.1% 22.5%±15.3Highest ND: 8.1%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 28.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.00Highest 0.20Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cannon Ball (27%)Minot (42%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RyderFew work in Selfridge

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 36.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.1 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 3.7 miHighest 0.9 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 71.4Highest 47.3Lowest

Schools

School district SELFRIDGE 8—

High school in town Selfridge High School—

Students per teacherat that high school 4.3 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Selfridge vs Ryder

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Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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