Nedrose TownshipND
A town of 2,204.
Is Nedrose Township a good place to live?
Nedrose Township’s best subject grade is an A− for health; its weakest is a C− for schools. 3.3% of working residents work locally in Nedrose Township, against 39% in North Dakota’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Only 1 of the 24 North Dakota towns we compare have a higher median age than Nedrose Township. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 79% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is East Side Estates Boat Launch, at 33 acres. Nedrose Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns. Nedrose Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Nedrose Township stand out
Where Nedrose Township beats most towns.
How Nedrose Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Dakota), ordered by how far Nedrose Township is from typical.
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Moving to Nedrose Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Nedrose 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 Nedrose Township.
Nedrose Township ranks healthier than 83% of the country’s towns
Nedrose Township beats the North Dakota average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 22% of adults binge drink in Nedrose Township, where North Dakota’s towns sit at 22% and U.S. towns at 16%. 72% of Nedrose Township adults had a checkup this year.
| Nedrose Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 22% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 73% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.8% | 8.9% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Nedrose Township | ND |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 5.1% | 6.1% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.6% | 3.1% |
| More adults sleeping under 7 hours | 39% | 32.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Nedrose Township fall behind 82% of North Dakota districts
Its public schools are run by the Nedrose 4 school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nedrose Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 270 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ND on state tests and graduation
Nedrose Township faces a very low natural-hazard risk, led by cold waves
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 88% of U.S. communities. Since 2011, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Nedrose Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Nedrose Township
Nedrose Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain. The July high in Nedrose Township is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
More than half of Nedrose Township’s working residents commute to Minot
Most working residents leave Nedrose Township for work: only 3% work in town. Nedrose Township’s median household income is $124,000. Since 2013, Nedrose Township has lost 750 jobs, to 962 in 2023.
| Nedrose Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $73,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 0.7% | 9.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 16 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than North Dakota overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 40% of residents (35% statewide). 20% of residents are under 18 in Nedrose Township. Nedrose Township has lost 4.5% of its people since 2020, down to 2,204 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Nedrose Township | North Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 20% | 26% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 30% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 13% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.1 points. Across North Dakota, 48.8% of residents are women.
| Nedrose Township | ND | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9% | 13% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.2% | 10.5% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.7% | 11.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 16.3% | 14.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.7% | 13.2% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15% | 10.1% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.5% | 11.4% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.1% | 9.6% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 3.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.8% | 6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.4% | 25.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.8% | 21.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 17% | 14% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.3% | 23% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.6% | 9.7% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,200, single groups can be off by several points
0% of Nedrose Township is conserved land
7.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Among 24 North Dakota towns, just 2 have a lower trail density than Nedrose Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. East Side Estates Boat Launch | 0.5 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Nedrose Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Nedrose Township
About 8 of every 100 Nedrose Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as North Dakota.
About Nedrose Township
Township in North Dakota, United States
Nedrose Township is a township in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. The population was 2,334 at the 2020 census, the highest of its kind in the county.
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Nedrose Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Nedrose Township.
| Town | ND rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nedrose Township | — | — | C+ | — | C− | A− |
| Minot | #14 | B− | B− | C | C | A− |
| Sundre Township | — | — | B+ | — | C | A− |
| Surrey · Surrey Township | — | — | C+ | — | C | A− |
| Harrison Township | — | — | C | — | C | A− |
| McKinley Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Prairie Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nedrose Township, Sundre Township, Surrey and Harrison Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Nedrose Township, Sundre Township, Surrey and Harrison Township report no FBI crime data of their own. McKinley Township and New Prairie Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Surrey Township and Surrey are one community, graded once. Compare Nedrose Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Nedrose Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Nedrose 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 C+.