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Wold Township vs Hurley Township

221 miles apart. The biggest differences: average commute (40 min in Hurley Township) and conserved land (+32.2 pts in Hurley Township).

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Wold Township, NDA small town of 70Traill County · 70 people
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Hurley Township, NDAn outdoors townRenville County · 64 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.

Wold TownshipA small town of 70
Quiet strengthsWold Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Wold Township →
Hurley TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors33% conserved land38 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Hurley Township →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Average commute40 min
Hurley Township has the shorter commute
Wold Township 48 minHurley Township 8 min
Conserved land+32.2 pts
Hurley Township has more conserved land
Hurley Township 33%Wold Township 0.8%
Street grid2.5×
Wold Township has the more walkable street grid
Wold Township 1.0Hurley Township 0.4
Trails2.8×
Hurley Township has more miles of trail
Hurley Township 38.2 miWold Township 13.7 mi
Typical home built27 yrs
Wold Township’s homes are older
Hurley Township 2002Wold Township 1975
Property tax bill+16%
Tax bills are bigger in Hurley Township
Hurley Township $2,233Wold Township $1,917
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $390 more a month in Wold Township

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.

Wold Township$1,760/mo
Typical home $305K (Census) · tax rate 0.63% · Housing →
Hurley Township$1,370/mo
Typical home $225K (Census) · tax rate 0.99% · Housing →

The difference: $390 a month, about $4,700 a year, between Wold Township and Hurley 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
Wold TownshipHurley Township
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)32nd6th
Outdoors & history
Wold TownshipHurley Township
Trails14 mi38 mi
Conserved land0.8%33%
Community
Wold TownshipHurley 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.

Where they are

221 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Wold TownshipTraill CountyHurley TownshipRenville County
Wold Township ↔ Hurley Township221 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.

Wold TownshipHurley Township
People
Population 70Highest 64Lowest
Median age 49.9±16.5Highest 39% above ND 47.5±26.3Lowest 32% above ND
Wold Township and Hurley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 25.7%±31.2Lowest ND: 23.5% 31.3%±35.9Highest ND: 23.5%
Hurley Township and Wold Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 11.4%±43.7Lowest ND: 16.5% 15.6%±50.5Highest ND: 16.5%
Hurley Township and Wold Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.6%Highest ND: 32.7% 18.2%Lowest ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±14.6Highest ND: 7.6% 0%±22.1Lowest ND: 7.6%
Wold Township and Hurley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $106,250±$74kHighest 39% above ND $101,705±$12kLowest 33% above ND
Wold Township and Hurley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $305,000±$80kHighest 22% above ND $225,000±$16kLowest 10% below ND
Wold Township and Hurley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,917Lowest 22% below ND $2,233Highest 10% 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 1975Lowest 7 yrs older than ND 2002Highest 20 yrs newer than ND
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 48 minHighest 170% above ND 8 minLowest 55% below ND
Work from home 4.3%±6.1Highest ND: 8.1% 2.3%±8.9Lowest ND: 8.1%
Wold Township and Hurley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 35.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Grand Forks (14%)Mohall (17%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Hurley TownshipFew work in Wold Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0.8%Lowest 33%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 13.7 miLowest 38.2 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.0Highest 0.4Lowest
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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