East DunseithND
A town in North Dakota, home to 450 people.
Is East Dunseith a good place to live?
58% of residents live below the poverty line in East Dunseith, above both the North Dakota town median (9.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). No town among the 24 in North Dakota we compare has a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than East Dunseith. East Dunseith’s trail density is 3.5 miles per square mile, against 0.7 in North Dakota’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. East Dunseith has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
450 people, and everyone knows the way
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in East Dunseith.
The schools East Dunseith’s kids attend
Its one school is below. Dunseith Day School runs its public schools. Enrollment at East Dunseith’s public school: 201 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunseith Day SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 201 | – |
NCES · EDFacts
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of East Dunseith’s workers commute out
The average trip to work for East Dunseith comes to 21 minutes. The top destinations are Belcourt (36%), Dunseith (15%) and Rolla (9%). For half of commuters, work is under 14 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in East Dunseith, with wildfire at the top
FEMA puts just over a third of the town’s expected hazard losses down to wildfires, and 33% to cold waves. East Dunseith’s FEMA hazard score comes in at 26 of 100. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
A typical July afternoon in East Dunseith is cooler than in most of North Dakota or the rest of the country
East Dunseith brings cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. July afternoons reach 77°, January nights drop to -3° and about 50 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
East Dunseith stands out in North Dakota and nationally: a larger share of its adults have obesity
Among 24 North Dakota towns, just 2 have a lower share of adults who binge drink than East Dunseith. In East Dunseith, 17% of adults have diabetes. CDC measures, 32 in all: East Dunseith beats North Dakota on 1 and trails on 24.
| East Dunseith | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 16% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 13% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 54% | 37% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 8.9% | 12% |
| What stands out | East Dunseith | ND |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5% | 8.2% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 36.1% | 10.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
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Everything we know about East Dunseith
Moving to East Dunseith: who provides what
East Dunseith is unincorporated, so Rolette County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Jul 30, 2024.
100% of working residents leave East Dunseith for work
Where East Dunseith’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of East Dunseith
About 4 of every 100 East Dunseith residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across North Dakota.
About East Dunseith
CDP in North Dakota, United States
East Dunseith is a census-designated place (CDP) in Rolette County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 500 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 5.2 sq mi
- Elevation
- 2,073 ft
- Area code
- 701
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