Slope County, North Dakota

Slope County has a population of 766 and has shrunk 10.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $170,000, about 2.4 times the county's median household income of $71,250.

Home price
$170,000
Income
$71,250
Population
766
Unemployment
2.7%

Housing

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

Median home price$170,000county
Median gross rent$525county
Median year homes here were built1961county
Share of homes built before 198066.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile9.6%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.0%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented19.3%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.3%county
Typical monthly rent$1,200(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$924county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$743county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,285county
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$71,250county
Family health premium / yr$23,090(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,373(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.858(statewide)
Poverty rate5.0%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 home9.3%county
Unemployment rate2.7%county
Share of adults in the labor force61.8%county
Share of workers who are self-employed33.0%county
Share of workers employed by government13.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry51.3%county
Economic output per resident$58,419county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.23%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 time21.0 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service39 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport26146county
Miles to nearest general aviation field18 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station120 micounty
Households without a vehicle0.8%county
Traffic deaths0.0county
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 higher29.3%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher93.0%county
Public schools in the county1county
Public school enrollment3county
Students per full-time teacher1.5county
Free lunch eligible31.7%(statewide)
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools0county
High schools0county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution43 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians83(statewide)
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter4.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.6%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year7.0%county
Frequent mental distress12.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity25.5%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

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

Population766county
Land area in square miles1,215county
People per square mile of land0.6county
Supermarkets and grocery stores127(statewide)
Convenience stores6(statewide)
Share living far from a food store85.4%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-10.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age54.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1815.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over28.7%county
Share of households that are one person43.9%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.5%county
Second languages2.8%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls27.1%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents425county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-24county
Households that moved in21,995(statewide)
Households that moved away21,897(statewide)
Average income of arriving households$56,470(statewide)
Average income of departing households$62,731(statewide)
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes0county
Housing units authorised in the latest year0county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings27.6%(statewide)
Violent crime rate254(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature44.2°Fcounty
Annual precipitation19.3 incounty
Annual snowfall23.0 in(statewide)
Average daily solar energy4.02 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F16 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing182 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5bcounty
Frost-free days142 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 9county
Average first fall frostSep 28county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$125county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh11.7¢county
Household electricity use1,126 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.61(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity14.2%county
Homes heated by utility gas16.6%county
Homes heated by propane52.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.5%county
Homes heated by wood4.0%county
Households with broadband78.1%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk0.6county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk23.9county
Landslide risk8.0county
Hail risk21.6county
Earthquake risk0.6county
Tornado risk5.5county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk14.2county
Winter weather risk21.2county
Strong wind risk7.7county
Wildfire risk38.0county

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 Slope 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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