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North Dakota›Ward County

Passport TownshipND

A town of 55.

Is Passport Township a good place to live?

33% of the land in Passport Township is conserved, where North Dakota’s towns sit at 2.8% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Passport Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

55 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
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Getting set up

Moving to Passport Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Passport Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerXcel Energy13.5¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterR & T Water SystemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
Internet3 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Passport Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsLewis and Clark Public School District 161Which school depends on your addressNCES
Register to voteNot requiredNorth Dakota has no voter registration: you show ID at the polls.vote.gov
Who runs elections hereWard County AuditorWard County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2026
ZIP code5871858718 100%Census 2020

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 Passport Township.

Natural hazards

Top of a very low hazard risk in Passport Township: cold waves

In Passport Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 10 of 100, against 40 of 100 in North Dakota’s towns and 44 of 100 across U.S. towns. FEMA puts just over half of the town’s expected hazard losses down to cold waves, and 23% to inland flooding. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 90% of U.S. communities.

10risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
10Very low riskLowerHigher
Cold wavesInland floodingTornadoes

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Outdoors

Nearly a third of Passport Township is conserved land

26 miles of trail. The trail density for Passport Township comes to 0.7 miles per square mile.

33.1%conserved
33.1%
conserved · 7,675 of 23,179 acres
26 mi
of trails · 0.7 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Climate

Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Passport Township’s year

Summer afternoons peak near 80° in July, and January nights bottom out around 2°; snowfall runs to about 50 inches a winter. Passport Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with very little rain.

50″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter4–22°
Spring28–51°
Summer53–78°
Fall31–53°
Sep 29
typical first frost
May 11
typical last frost
+1.2°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Passport Township is

20% of Passport Township adults binge drink. Against the North Dakota average, Passport Township comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 3. Also worth knowing: only one of the 24 North Dakota towns we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Passport Township.

Passport TownshipNorth Dakota townsU.S. towns
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)13%15%17%
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)20%22%16%
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)29%29%33%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)36%31%35%
32 measures vs. North Dakota
7 better22 too close to call3 worse
What stands outPassport TownshipND
Fewer adults facing food insecurity8.5%10.7%
Fewer adults without reliable transportation5.2%6.5%
More adults who have had cancer9.6%8.2%
Mountrail County Medical Center
23.8 mi away · emergency room
None
primary care, dental or mental-health shortage

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Passport Township

14pages on Passport Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Passport Township; the nearest are

Questions about Passport Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Passport Township, ND a good place to live?

Passport Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.