Surrey is a very small city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 1,417 people and just one neighborhood, Surrey is the 69th largest community in North Dakota. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Surrey, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Surrey, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Surrey’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Surrey does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $105,125.00.
Surrey real estate is some of the most expensive in North Dakota, although Surrey house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Surrey is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Surrey is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Surrey who work in management occupations (11.42%), healthcare (9.56%), and sales jobs (8.76%).
Surrey is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Surrey’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
As is often the case in a small city, Surrey doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
In terms of college education, Surrey is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 28.83% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Surrey in 2022 was $38,876, which is middle income relative to North Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $155,504 for a family of four. However, Surrey contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Surrey home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Surrey residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Surrey include German, Norwegian, Italian, Irish, and French.
The most common language spoken in Surrey is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
With 5.2% of employed workers living in the neighborhood active in the military, this neighborhood has the distinction of having a higher proportion of people in the military than 98.7% of American neighborhoods. This is a major shaper of the neighborhood's culture and character.
Our research reveals that 89.1% of commuters who live in the neighborhood get to work each day by driving alone in their automobiles, which is a higher proportion than 96.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.
Uncrowded roads, rural America and space to be the individual you are. If you like these characteristics, this neighborhood may fit you. With just 17 residents per square mile, is less crowded than 95.4% of all U.S. neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Lithuanian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 23.2% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 1.7% have Lithuanian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Surrey are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 9.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 51.8% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 40.6% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 23.8% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.0%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian and Polish.
Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.
In the neighborhood in Surrey, ND, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (33.4%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (23.2%), and residents who report Mexican roots (6.4%), and some of the residents are also of Irish ancestry (5.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (4.8%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (52.7% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (89.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.