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%

Sharon Township$840/mo

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

Triumph Township$1,390/mo

Typical home $206K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,600 a year, between Triumph Township and Sharon 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

Sharon TownshipTriumph Township

Snow a year42″38″

January low-3°F -6°F

July high79°F 78°F

Growing season (days)128d 128d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 26th

Outdoors & history

Sharon TownshipTriumph Township

Trails13 mi 8 mi

Conserved land17.2%22.7%

Settled1896 —

Archive photos1 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Sharon TownshipTriumph 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.

Where they are

55 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Sharon TownshipSteele County Triumph TownshipRamsey County

Sharon Township ↔ Triumph Township55 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

Sharon TownshipTriumph Township

People

Population 27Lowest 30Highest

Median age 38.8±18.6Lowest 8% above ND 42.5±46.8Highest 18% above ND

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

Kids under 18 14.8%±91.7Highest ND: 23.5% 6.7%±88.6Lowest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 22.2%±100Lowest ND: 16.5% 23.3%±100Highest ND: 16.5%

Triumph 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+ 38.9%Highest ND: 32.7% 37.5%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.4%±38.4Lowest ND: 7.6% 40%±68.7Highest ND: 7.6%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $88,438±$11k 15% above ND

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $125,000±$112kLowest 50% below ND $206,300±$203kHighest 17% below ND

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

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 1963Lowest 19 yrs older than ND 1976Highest 6 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Work from home 0%±55.6 ND: 8.1% 0%±58.8 ND: 8.1%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miHighest 21.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.19Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Hatton (13%)Devils Lake (43%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 17.2%Lowest 22.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 13.4 miHighest 8.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Highest 0.4Lowest

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.

Sharon Township vs Triumph Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Triumph Township

What daily life feels like in each

55 miles apart

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