City · Ransom County, North Dakota

Lisbon, North Dakota

Lisbon is a city in Ransom County, North Dakota. It has 2,259 residents. Lisbon, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 85 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,349 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Dakota it ranks #35 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on social associations (high), firearm deaths (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), public EV charging ports (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

85Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,349 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Dakota: #35 of 56 in ND
Population: 2,259 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 985.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 3847100

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety84#2,449/15,637
Economy38#9,644/15,631
Housing88#1,843/14,977
Health68#5,063/15,609
Healthcare64#5,675/15,650
Environment93#1,040/15,453
Education78#3,500/15,649
Infrastructure31#10,811/15,650
Community94#1,000/15,651
Leisure & amenities76#3,825/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Lisbon, North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Ransom County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Social associations · high28.6 /10k
100/100North Dakota 15.7 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRansom County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100North Dakota 13.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRansom County value
Loneliness · low29.6%
99/100North Dakota 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Mammography screening · high61.0%
99/100North Dakota 55.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRansom County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100North Dakota 12.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataRansom County value
Food environment index · high9.6
98/100North Dakota 8.9United States 7.62019 & 2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRansom County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low36 /100k
3/100North Dakota 261 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRansom County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100North Dakota 3.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyRansom County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100North Dakota 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsRansom County value
Traffic deaths · high28.3 /100k
9/100North Dakota 12.6 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataRansom County value
Broadband subscriptions · low82.1%
9/100North Dakota 88.7%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Primary care physicians · low36 /100k
16/100North Dakota 79 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteRansom County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
2,009 (2015-2019) → 2,259 (2020-2024)
+12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 25.6% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
31.6% (2015-2019) → 48.4% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+62%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
New homes permittedWorsening
2.8 /1k (2021) → 1.3 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−53%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Poverty rateWorsening
5.1% (2015-2019) → 15.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Lisbon, North Dakota improved on 0 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined4

Child poverty+26 points0.0% → 25.6%
Poverty+10 points5.1% → 15.4%
Rent burden+17 points31.6% → 48.4%
Price / income+1.1×1.8× → 3.0×

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Lisbon, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	16.0 min2015-2019	15.7 min2020-2024	−0.3 min	Within the margin of error	51%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.3%2015-2019	21.2%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	27%
Broadband subscriptions	75.7%2015-2019	82.1%2020-2024	+6.4 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+26 points	Declined	3%
Effective property tax rate	1.27%2015-2019	1.35%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	8%
High school diploma or higher	93.7%2015-2019	92.3%2020-2024	−1.4 points	Within the margin of error	19%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+1.1×	Declined	17%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3912015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.048	Within the margin of error	17%
Median household income	$63,9842015-2019	$64,3272020-2024	+0.5%	Within the margin of error	8%
Poverty rate	5.1%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	4%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	21.4%2015-2019	27.5%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Rent-burdened households	31.6%2015-2019	48.4%2020-2024	+17 points	Declined	12%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Lisbon, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Lisbon, North Dakota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Lisbon, North Dakota itself moved −20.8 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,259 residents (±206)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,006 households (±85)

Lisbon, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k24%†245
$25k–50k17%†169
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,006 households (±85)

Lisbon, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own62%619
Rent38%387

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

911 workers (±154)

Lisbon, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone79%724
Carpool10%†93
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Ransom County, the county holding most of Lisbon's residents.

Ransom County has 188 employer establishments, 334 for every 10,000 residents (1.35× the US rate of 248; 1.03× North Dakota's), with 1,414 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,673. The Census Bureau also counts 390 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 188; 390 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 334; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 1,414
Average annual pay: $46,673; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Ransom County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	15	26.6	1.28×More than typical	88	$57,477	9
Religious organizations	10	17.8	3.20×More than typical	23	$15,739	—
Restaurants and other eating places	9	16	0.87×Too few to compare	62	$11,258	—
Child day care services	8	14.2	5.83×Too few to compare	37	$15,108	12
Specialty trade contractors	8	14.2	0.92×Too few to compare	9	$56,111	38
Truck transportation	8	14.2	2.81×Too few to compare	12	$56,167	12
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	12.4	2.83×Too few to compare	21	$52,952	5
Banks and credit unions	6	10.7	3.30×Too few to compare	44	$58,750	—
Civic and social organizations	6	10.7	14.5×Too few to compare	18	$13,778	—
Lessors of real estate	6	10.7	0.87×Too few to compare	6	$50,667	52
Automotive repair and maintenance	5	8.9	1.76×Too few to compare	13	$38,846	10
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	5	8.9	7.33×Too few to compare	26	$10,885	—

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,629 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Lisbon is mostly in Ransom County.

See federal money in Ransom County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Lisbon, North Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julie FedorchakR-ND · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Ransom County97100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Ransom County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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