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%

Sverdrup Township$840/mo

Typical home $156K (Census) · tax rate 0.13% · Housing →

Riverside Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $208K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $570 a month, about $6,800 a year, between Riverside Township and Sverdrup 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.

Where they are

Sverdrup Township and Riverside Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Sverdrup TownshipRiverside Township

Sverdrup Township ↔ Riverside Township7.2 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

Sverdrup TownshipRiverside Township

Snow a year42″42″

January low-3°F -3°F

July high79°F 79°F

Growing season (days)128d 128d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)76th 48th

Outdoors & history

Sverdrup TownshipRiverside Township

Trails27 mi 15 mi

Conserved land8%12.2%

Community

Sverdrup TownshipRiverside 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.

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

Sverdrup TownshipRiverside Township

People

Population 57Highest 9Lowest

Median age 57.5±25.5Lowest 60% above ND 69.5±5.1Highest 94% above ND

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

Kids under 18 24.6%±49.1Highest ND: 23.5% 0%±100Lowest ND: 23.5%

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

Age 65+ 33.3%±46Lowest ND: 16.5% 77.8%±100Highest ND: 16.5%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.6%Highest ND: 32.7% 0%Lowest ND: 32.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±24.8 ND: 7.6% 0%±100 ND: 7.6%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $64,167±$47k 16% below ND —

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $156,300±$117kLowest 37% below ND $208,300±$168kHighest 17% below ND

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $200 92% below ND —

Below poverty line 0%Lowest ND: 10.8% 22.2%Highest ND: 10.8%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 77.8%Lowest ND: 62.9% 100%Highest ND: 62.9%

Typical home builtmedian year 1945Lowest 37 yrs older than ND 1971Highest 11 yrs older than ND

Getting to work

Work from home 0%±41.7 ND: 8.1% 0%±100 ND: 8.1%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 9.8 miLowest 12.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.38Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Cooperstown (50%)Hope (36%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Riverside TownshipFew work in Sverdrup Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8%Lowest 12.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 27.3 miHighest 14.9 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6 0.6

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

Deciding?

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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.

Sverdrup Township vs Riverside Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $570 more a month in Riverside Township

Sverdrup Township and Riverside Township share a border

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