Willow City, ND

The affordability dashboard for Willow City, ND aggregates Census ACS 5-Year Estimates across 1 ZIP code covering 549 residents, then layers in county-level federal data to produce an overall grade of B+ (78/100). The headline inputs are median household income of $87,500, median home value of $94,100, median rent of $689 per month, and 30.3% of adults holding a bachelor's degree or higher. These four metrics alone explain most of the variance between city dashboards.

Cross-agency feeds widen the picture beyond Census demographics. HUD publishes a Fair Market Rent for a 2-bedroom in this county at $954 per month (studio $722, 1BR $727, 3BR $1,318, 4BR $1,600). Department of Labor data lists infant center-based childcare at $10,244 per year, consuming 12% of the local median household income.

Reading the overall grade requires reading all seven dimensions together. The score weights Income 20%, Safety 20%, Housing 15%, Rent 15%, Education 10%, Commute 10%, and Childcare 10%, with each sub-score benchmarked against national percentiles rather than state averages — so the grade is genuinely comparable across any city in the country. Strengths visible in the raw data for Willow City, ND include income, housing, rent. Unemployment currently reads 4.1% and poverty 3.2% — numbers worth keeping alongside the headline grade.