City · Eddy County, North Dakota

New Rockford, North Dakota

New Rockford is a city in Eddy County, North Dakota. It has 1,260 residents. New Rockford, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 82 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,781 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Dakota it ranks #42 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), rent-burdened households (low) and mammography screening (high). It ranks worst on new business applications (low), flu vaccinations (low) and average weekly wage (low).

82Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,781 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Dakota: #42 of 56 in ND
Population: 1,260 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 733.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 3856620

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 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.

Safety98#252/15,637
Economy17#13,008/15,631
Housing93#1,102/14,977
Health51#7,709/15,609
Healthcare50#7,872/15,650
Environment99#111/15,453
Education93#1,174/15,649
Infrastructure26#11,642/15,650
Community85#2,343/15,651
Leisure & amenities85#2,402/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where New Rockford, North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Eddy 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

Violent crime rate · low0 /100k
100/100North Dakota 238 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2024Federal Bureau of InvestigationEddy County value
Rent-burdened households · low16.3%
100/100North Dakota 38.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Mammography screening · high66.0%
100/100North Dakota 55.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEddy County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100North Dakota 19.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataEddy County value
Pharmacies · high4.3 /10k
99/100North Dakota 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEddy County value
Students per teacher · low9.2×
99/100North Dakota 11.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsEddy County value

Weaknesses

New business applications · low3.9 /1k
0/100North Dakota 11.1 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauEddy County value
Flu vaccinations · low17.0%
0/100North Dakota 45.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEddy County value
Average weekly wage · low$829
2/100North Dakota $1,300United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsEddy County value
Job growth · low-4.5%
2/100North Dakota -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataEddy County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100North Dakota 3.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyEddy County value
Distance to an emergency room · high18.4 mi
4/100North Dakota 7.7 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesEddy County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,393 (2015-2019) → 1,260 (2020-2024)
−9.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
55.8% (2015-2019) → 16.3% (2020-2024)
−40 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
68.3% (2015-2019) → 85.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
31.6% (2015-2019) → 18.7% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
High school diploma or higherImproving
85.0% (2015-2019) → 93.2% (2020-2024)
+8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
10.5% (2015-2019) → 18.5% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%

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, New Rockford, North Dakota improved on 3 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved3

Rent burden−40 points55.8% → 16.3%
Rent / income−13 points31.6% → 18.7%
Broadband+17 points68.3% → 85.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of New Rockford, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.2 min2015-2019	14.2 min2020-2024	+4.0 min	Within the margin of error	14%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%2015-2019	29.1%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Broadband subscriptions	68.3%2015-2019	85.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	1.10%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	25%
High school diploma or higher	85.0%2015-2019	93.2%2020-2024	+8.2 points	Within the margin of error	92%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	+0.4×	Within the margin of error	51%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4942015-2019	0.4672020-2024	−0.027	Within the margin of error	72%
Median household income	$44,5312015-2019	$43,6002020-2024	−2.1%	Within the margin of error	6%
Poverty rate	11.8%2015-2019	12.9%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	31.6%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	−13 points	Improved	96%
Rent-burdened households	55.8%2015-2019	16.3%2020-2024	−40 points	Improved	99%

“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 New Rockford, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of New Rockford, 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, New Rockford, North Dakota itself moved +15.3 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

1,260 residents (±122)

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

686 households (±86)

New Rockford, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k27%†183
$25k–50k28%†191
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

686 households (±86)

New Rockford, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own64%441
Rent36%245

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

622 workers (±73)

New Rockford, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone77%481
Carpool4.2%†26
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 Eddy County, the county holding most of New Rockford's residents.

Eddy County has 77 employer establishments, 336 for every 10,000 residents (1.35× the US rate of 248; 1.04× North Dakota's), with 462 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,807. The Census Bureau also counts 181 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 77; 181 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 336; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 462
Average annual pay: $42,807; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	4	17.5	0.84×Too few to compare	49	$25,571	7
Building material and supplies dealers (hardware, home centers)	4	17.5	10.6×Too few to compare	18	$42,167	—
Construction of buildings	4	17.5	2.31×Too few to compare	9	$22,333	8
Specialty trade contractors	4	17.5	1.13×Too few to compare	2	$111,000	20
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)	3	13.1	10.8×Too few to compare	4	$13,000	—
Gasoline stations	3	13.1	4.04×Too few to compare	19	$31,526	—
Religious organizations	3	13.1	2.36×Too few to compare	14	$12,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	13.1	0.71×Too few to compare	2	$43,500	—
Truck transportation	3	13.1	2.59×Too few to compare	9	$43,111	7
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Eddy County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,290 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: New Rockford is mostly in Eddy County.

See federal money in Eddy 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.

New Rockford, 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.

Eddy County95100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Eddy County

Largest first.

Sheyenne198

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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