Burleigh County, North Dakota

Burleigh County has a population of 100,600 and has grown 4.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $324,000, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $86,851.

Home price
$324,000
Income
$86,851
Population
100,600
Unemployment
2.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$324,000county
Median gross rent$998county
Median year homes here were built1988county
Share of homes built before 198041.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile7.0%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented28.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,379county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,175county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,030county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,634county
Home insurance / yr$2,982(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living91.4(statewide)
Median household income$86,851county
Family health premium / yr$23,090(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,373(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.858(statewide)
Poverty rate7.9%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home8.8%county
Unemployment rate2.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force66.5%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.3%county
Share of workers employed by government20.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.1%county
Economic output per resident$77,629county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.88%county
Top state income tax2.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.09%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time17.5 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service3.6 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport295900county
Miles to nearest general aviation field7.4 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station101 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.1%county
Traffic deaths17.9county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-5.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher39.1%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.9%county
Public schools in the county33county
Public school enrollment14325county
Students per full-time teacher14.5county
Free lunch eligible23.9%county
Elementary schools24county
Middle schools3county
High schools5county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above3county
Share of local colleges that are public25.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians112county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4county
Fine particulate matter6.9 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year5.2%county
Frequent mental distress13.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity20.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes9.4%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population100,600county
Land area in square miles1,633county
People per square mile of land61.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores12county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store15.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+4.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents4county
Median age38.5 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1823.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.9%county
Share of households that are one person33.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.3%county
Second languages4.6%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls60.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents84county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in2,586county
Households that moved away2,525county
Average income of arriving households$61,362county
Average income of departing households$63,421county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year303county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings13.9%county
Violent crime rate254(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature42.3°Fcounty
Annual precipitation22.6 incounty
Annual snowfall34.8 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.87 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F5 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing176 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days143 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 12county
Average first fall frostOct 3county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$116county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh11.7¢county
Household electricity use1,012 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.61(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity26.3%county
Homes heated by utility gas63.6%county
Homes heated by propane7.2%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.3%county
Homes heated by wood0.2%county
Households with broadband89.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk77.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk24.3county
Landslide risk31.1county
Hail risk99.1county
Earthquake risk20.1county
Tornado risk83.0county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk53.0county
Winter weather risk99.6county
Strong wind risk65.0county
Wildfire risk84.1county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Burleigh County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the North Dakota figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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