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Walhalla, North Dakota.

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What it costs per month · Walhalla $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 Walhalla, Pembina County, North Dakota

Walhalla is a city of 893 people in Pembina County. 67% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 33% are rented. Unemployment in Pembina County was 5.8% in August 2026, and the county had 1.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then schools and health care.

People 893 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Walhalla for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 5.8% Pembina County, August 2026; 3.3% a year before
Homes 67% lived in by their owners; 33% rented

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Walhalla is a very small city in the far northeast corner of North Dakota, in Pembina County. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is typical across the country. Winters are long and cold, with January the coldest month and plenty of snow, while July brings warm days.

Work. Residents work mainly in manufacturing, in schools, hospitals and social care, in farming, and in shops. Across Pembina County, the largest workplaces include American Crystal Sugar Company, Motor Coach Industries and North Border Schools. Jobs in the county grew a little over the past year, though unemployment has risen compared with a year earlier.

Things to do. The Walla Theatre is in or beside town. A short drive away are Frost Fire Ski and Snow Board Area, a ski area that suits the snowy winters, and Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area, a protected area of wooded valley. A longer drive leads to Icelandic State Park, another protected area.

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  • 455households
  • 12%of adults have a degree
  • 15%below the poverty line
  • 4%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing24%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care19%
  • Farming, forestry and mining13%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Government8%
  • Building trades6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Pembina County had 3,335 jobs in 2025, 1.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 13° and -4°; warmest in July, 78° and 57° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 13° -4° F M A M J J 78° 57° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 13° and -4°; warmest in July, 78° and 57° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 13° -4° F M A M J J 78° 57° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 13° and lows near -4°; warmest in July, with highs near 78° and lows near 57°. About 39 inches of snow and 20 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Cavalier 7NW weather station, 11 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Pembina County

  1. American Crystal Sugar CompanyBeet sugar refining275
  2. Motor Coach IndustriesBuses assembling on chassis of own manufacture120
  3. North Border 100 SchoolsSchool district80FTE
  4. Mayo ConstructionPavement, highway, road, street, bridge or airport runway, construction70
  5. Cavalier 6 SchoolsSchool district63FTE
  6. Pembina County Memorial HospitalCritical access hospital52FTE
  7. Valley-edinburg 118 SchoolsSchool district50FTE
  8. Pembilier Nursing CenterSkilled nursing facilities43

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 8 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 761 people in all across the county; Walhalla has two of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (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. Ice stormsRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. HailRelatively moderate
  6. Strong windRelatively moderate

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Walhalla’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. 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 Pembina County.

Walhalla home values

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

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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 Walhalla address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Walhalla — 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.