ND area data
Golden Valley, ND
Golden Valley, ND.
Population: 467 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 453.0 (+6.4% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 89.0 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 11.8¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $9.50/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- coldWave, hail, iceStorm, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 17.9 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 37
- Days with Good air quality
- 304
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 2
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site (32 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Brecht Strip (2 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 2
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.8 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,985
- Median annual property tax
- $1,591
- Households with broadband internet
- 77.4%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 3,588
- Average weekly wage
- $1,634
- Top industries (by employment)
- Utilities, Mining, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 2
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