Towner County, North Dakota: public records at a glance

How Towner County compares — against the other counties in North Dakota

• 2,051 — people: 46th highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• $13,532 — spending per student in its school districts: 49th highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• 78.6 years — life expectancy: 20th highest of 50 North Dakota counties.
• 9.5% — share of adults under 65 without health insurance: 7th highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• 13.2% — child poverty: 21st highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• 83.6% — households with broadband internet: 32nd highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• $76,241 — median household income: 19th highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• 24.6% — share of bridges rated poor: 3rd highest of 51 North Dakota counties.
• $1,520 — federal grant dollars per resident: 23rd highest of 53 North Dakota counties.
• $2.7 million — expected yearly losses from natural hazards: 45th highest of 53 North Dakota counties.

“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.

Drinking water — public water systems serving Towner County

3 active community water systems list Towner County in the area they serve, reporting 1,335 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).

Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.

The jail — people held in the county jail

About 10 people were held in Towner County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (2023), or 920 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 2018 it was about 15.

Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.

Public schools — district budgets, fiscal 2023

1 school district has its office in Towner County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.

Health, money and internet at home — Towner County beside North Dakota

Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.

Disaster risk — FEMA's National Risk Index

Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Towner County about $2.7 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Low; social vulnerability: Very Low.

The costliest hazards here

Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.

Bridges — condition of every public bridge, 2025

57 bridges in Towner County: 20 in good condition, 23 fair, and 14 poor (24.6%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.

Busiest bridges rated poor

Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.

Federal grants — the money that came in, and what's open now

Federal grants paid for $3.3 million of work in Towner County in fiscal 2025, about $1,520 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.

Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.

Open now: federal grants county governments can apply for

From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.

Voting

Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for North Dakota are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.

Not here yet

The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Towner County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Towner County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.

More of North Dakota: the state government and every county in North Dakota.

Nearby counties: Rolette County (28 mi) · Cavalier County (36 mi) · Ramsey County (37 mi) · Benson County (42 mi) · Pierce County (45 mi) · Eddy County (68 mi).