States · North Dakota · Stutsman County

Medina, North Dakota.

. Jamestown, ND metro.

What it costs per month · Medina $1,526/mo

to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$698 (+84%) since Jan 2020.

Monthly payment to buy the typical home

Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 North Dakota $1,526 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • North Dakota$1,526
  • United States$1,922

Living in Medina, Stutsman County, North Dakota

Medina is a city of 264 people in Stutsman County. Unemployment in Stutsman County was 1.9% in August 2026, and the county had 0.5% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Stutsman County work in schools and health care, then manufacturing.

People 264 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Medina for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 1.9% Stutsman County, August 2026; 2.2% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Medina for the Census survey to measure.

Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.

What it’s like

The place. Medina is a very small city on the North Dakota prairie, in Stutsman County. Winters here are cold, with January the coldest month and daytime highs staying well below freezing, while July brings warm summer days. Precipitation is modest across the year, falling as both rain and snow.

Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with others employed in manufacturing, shops, and restaurants and hotels. Across Stutsman County, some of the biggest workplaces are Jamestown 1 Schools, the University of Jamestown and Jamestown Regional Medical Center. Unemployment in the county is low and has eased a little over the past year, and a small share of residents work from home.

Things to do. Medina sits in open prairie and wetland country, and the nearest outings are to nature areas. Half-Way Lake National Wildlife Refuge is a protected area a short drive away, as is the Chase Lake Prairie Project. Chase Lake itself, a lake, and Arrowwood National Wildlife Refuge are a longer drive away.

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What people in Stutsman County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care27%
  • Manufacturing12%
  • Shops (retail)12%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%
  • Farming, forestry and mining7%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Stutsman County had 11,132 jobs in 2025, 0.5% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 19° and 0°; warmest in July, 80° and 57° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 19° 0° F M A M J J 80° 57° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 19° and 0°; warmest in July, 80° and 57° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 19° 0° F M A M J J 80° 57° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 19° and lows near 0°; warmest in July, with highs near 80° and lows near 57°. About 21 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Jamestown Wsw weather station, 12 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Stutsman County

  1. Jamestown 1 SchoolsSchool district334FTE
  2. University of JamestownUniversity or college305
  3. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters286
  4. Jamestown Regional Medical CenterCritical access hospital283FTE
  5. ND State HospitalPsychiatric hospital280FTE
  6. SMP Health - Ave MariaNursing homes255
  7. Cavendish FarmsFrench fries, frozen, pre-cooked, manufacturing234
  8. Anne CarlsenHomes for children with health care incidental208

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 29 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 2,854 people in all across the county; Medina has none of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24), colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24) and hospitals from their Medicare cost reports (CMS, 2023); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Cold wavesVery high
  3. HailVery high
  4. Ice stormsVery high
  5. Strong windVery high
  6. TornadoesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Medina’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Stutsman County and the Jamestown, ND metro.

Medina home values

Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.

Not enough data to draw this yet.

Market heat, inside the city limits

Homes for sale

Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.

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Zip codes with a Medina address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Medina — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.

Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.