Devils Lake, ND: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Devils Lake is a city in and the county seat of Ramsey County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 7,192 as of the 2020 census and was estimated at 7,333 in 2025. It is named after the nearby lake called Devils Lake. The first house built by a Euro-American settler was in 1882. It was surveyed in 1883 and named Creelsburg and later Creel City, after the surveyor, Heber M. Creel. In 1884 it was renamed Devils Lake. The local paper is the Devils Lake Journal. Devils Lake Regional Airport serves the city. Devils Lake is home to Lake Region State College and the North Dakota School for the Deaf.

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How Devils Lake ranks

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Town numbers

ZIP code58301

Area code701

Living in Devils Lake

Housing in Devils Lake

$247K▲ 7.5% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Devils Lake home is worth about $247,000, up 7.5% in a year, 15% below the North Dakota typical home.

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Safety in Devils Lake

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Violent crime per 1,000

Devils Lake 4.9

North Dakota 2.9

U.S. 4

Property crime per 1,000

Devils Lake 40.6

North Dakota 20.4

U.S. 20

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Schools in Devils Lake

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School Grade C+

The public schools Devils Lake’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 57% of North Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictDEVILS LAKE 1Schools9

Sweetwater Elementary School AElementary · Grades 1–2 · 269 students Prairie View Elementary School C-Elementary · Grades 3–4 · 262 students Minnie H Kindergarten CenterElementary · Grades PK–K · 167 students School for the Deaf PK-8Elementary · Grades PK–8 · 16 students St. Joseph School and St. Mary AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 197 students ND School for the DeafElementary · Grades PK–8 · 17 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within ND. Ratings are from neighbors.