Missouri Ridge TownshipND
A town of 1,662.
Is Missouri Ridge Township a good place to live?
Missouri Ridge Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for health; its weakest is a D for walkability. 32% of residents live below the poverty line in Missouri Ridge Township, above both North Dakota’s towns (9.8%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Only 2 of North Dakota’s 69 towns score higher on hazard risk. Missouri Ridge Township's schools rank behind 87% of the state's. On civic life, just 3 of North Dakota’s 64 towns do worse. Missouri Ridge Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Missouri Ridge Township stand out
Where Missouri Ridge Township beats most towns.
How Missouri Ridge Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Dakota), ordered by how far Missouri Ridge Township is from typical.
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Moving to Missouri Ridge Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Missouri Ridge Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Jul 30, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Missouri Ridge Township.
Missouri Ridge Township stands out in North Dakota and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
Of the losses FEMA expects in Missouri Ridge Township, 36% come from cold waves and 34% from inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 97% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Missouri Ridge Township’s grade for schools is a D
Public schools: the Williston Basin 7 school district. Its one school is below. 397 students attend Missouri Ridge Township’s public school.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Ridge Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 397 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ND on state tests
More children than North Dakota overall
A quarter of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 33% across North Dakota. The midpoint age for Missouri Ridge Township comes to 24 years. 1,662 people lived in Missouri Ridge Township by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate, 3.9% more than in 2020.
| Missouri Ridge Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 24 years | 33.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 25% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 139 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.6 points). Across North Dakota, 48.8% of residents are women.
| Missouri Ridge Township | ND | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 25.5% | 13% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 15.2% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 10.5% | 11.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 20.5% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16.5% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.4% | 10.1% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 3.3% | 11.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 0% | 9.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 0% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 0% | 6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 33.2% | 25.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 29.4% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.6% | 14% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 23% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 4.3% | 9.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
On CDC estimates, Missouri Ridge Township is healthier than 67% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Missouri Ridge Township who report frequent physical distress is 11%, where North Dakota’s towns sit at 11% and U.S. towns at 14%. Against the North Dakota average, Missouri Ridge Township comes out ahead on 8 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 12. For adults in the town, the share who had a checkup this year is 69%. Only 2 of the 24 North Dakota towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Missouri Ridge Township.
| Missouri Ridge Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 69% | 73% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 29% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Missouri Ridge Township | ND |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 5.6% | 8.2% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.5% | 6.1% |
| More uninsured adults | 9.7% | 7.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Missouri Ridge Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 2° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About two in five of Missouri Ridge Township’s working residents commute to Williston
In Missouri Ridge Township, the mean commuting time is 14 minutes. Most people who work leave Missouri Ridge Township to do it: just 2% work in town. Also worth knowing: jobs in Missouri Ridge Township grew by 118 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 716. For half of commuters, work is under 9 miles away.
| Missouri Ridge Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 39% | 8% |
| Median household income | $125,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 14 minutes | 16 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Missouri Ridge Township keeps 0.9% of its land conserved
20 miles of trail. Missouri Ridge Township’s density of trails stands at 0.7 miles per square mile.
| Missouri Ridge Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 2.8% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Missouri Ridge Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Missouri Ridge Township
About 11 of every 100 Missouri Ridge Township residents are enrolled in college, against 8 across North Dakota.
Missouri Ridge Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Missouri Ridge Township.
| Town | ND rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Missouri Ridge Township | — | — | B | — | D | B+ |
| Williston | #20 | C | B+ | C− | D | B+ |
| Tyrone Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mont Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pherrin Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Williston Township | — | — | B | — | D | B+ |
Missouri Ridge Township and Williston Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Missouri Ridge Township and Williston Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Tyrone Township, Mont Township and Pherrin Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Missouri Ridge Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Missouri Ridge Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Missouri Ridge Township, ND expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.