Web Design in Oakes, North Dakota

Designing a website around Oakes’s customers

Trips to work are short here: 72.8% take under 15 minutes. People stay local here, which favors the businesses they can find and check quickly.

77.1% of households own their home, above North Dakota’s 62.9%. Homeowners hire contractors, landscapers, cleaners and insurance agents, and many look them up online first.

Self-employment is strong in Oakes: 15.0% of workers run their own business (11.3% statewide). Many of them still rely only on social media and referrals.

Fuel oil or kerosene heats 12.8% of homes in Oakes. Oil delivery and boiler service are part of the local economy, and customers compare them online every fall.

Local competition in Oakes

Oakes shares ZIP code 58474 with the surrounding area, where 111 employer businesses were counted in 2023. Some of the businesses behind that number:

• Child care centers (4): the program, licensing information, the staff and a contact form for parents.
• Auto repair shops (3): the services you do, the makes you work on, your hours and a form to request an appointment.

Dickey County as a whole had 191 employer establishments in 2023 and another 439 nonemployer businesses, the one-person shops and independent contractors that often have no website at all. 20 religious, civic and membership organizations operate in Dickey County, 2.8 times what the national mix would predict. In that trade, members and newcomers look for schedules and contacts; the website should give customers meeting times, programs, location and how to get involved. The jobs Oakes residents hold are mostly in education, health care and social assistance (25.1%) and arts, entertainment, recreation, lodging and food service (8.1%). Most of these businesses are small, and the website does the job a front desk would do in a bigger company.

How big is the Oakes market?

There are 768 households, and 77.1% of them own their home.

The population has barely moved since 2020: 1,783 then, 1,765 in 2025. Statewide, the change was +2.6%. When the population is steady, businesses grow by taking customers from competitors, and the website is often where that choice happens.

Oakes and its neighbors

Oakes’ nearest neighbors are Ludden (9.3 miles, pop. 15), Cogswell (15 miles, pop. 69), Verona (15 miles, pop. 62), Fullerton (16 miles, pop. 56), Hecla, SD (18 miles, pop. 190) and LaMoure (18 miles, pop. 758). The nearest airport with an IATA code is Britton Municipal Airport (TTO), 28 miles southeast. Oakes covers 1.6 square miles of land, about 1,128 residents per square mile. Ellendale, seat of Dickey County, lies 23 miles to the southwest. There are 11 incorporated cities and towns within 25 miles of Oakes. Fargo, a city of 136,275, is 78 miles northeast. Naming Cogswell, Fullerton and the other places you cover on a service area page tells customers outside Oakes that you work there too.

Climate normals for 1991-2020 from Fullerton, 15 miles away, put the July average high at 82°F and the January average low at 2°F. Rain adds up to about 24 inches a year, falling on about 51 days with a tenth of an inch or more. Freezing nights (32°F or below) come about 178 times a year. Winter changes what people need: snow removal, heating and ice-dam repairs in the cold months, landscaping and outdoor work the rest of the year. Plan the website around your busy season: a short email with the new text is all it takes.

Dickey County had 4,895 residents in 2025 and 6 incorporated municipalities. Across Dickey County, the median household income is $68,654 and the median age is 39.5. Broadband reaches 87.0% of homes, and 7.6% of households are online only through a phone plan. Homeowners are 79.7% of households.

What happens after you sign up

Aria has built websites since 2008 and is based in Curitiba, Brazil. We don’t have an office in Oakes: the whole process happens online, and the plan is the same $89 a month in any city.

1. You sign up in about 5 minutes and email us your logo, photos and anything you want on the site.
2. We build it with your brand on a proven professional template and send a temporary link within 5 business days.
3. Ask for adjustments by email, approve, and after the first monthly fee the site goes live on your domain.

Hosting, the SSL certificate, daily backups and security updates are on us, and content changes you send by email are included.

Rules that apply to an Oakes business website

Having a website does not change the rules, but a few apply to most Oakes businesses:

• A contact form collects personal information, and North Dakota has a data breach law with deadlines for notifying the people affected. N.D.C.C. ch. 51-30 (Notice of Security Breach for Personal Information), § 51-30-02
• North Dakota’s state sales tax rate is 5% for most retail sales, and cities and counties may levy their own sales and use taxes on top of it. North Dakota Office of State Tax Commissioner

This is general information, not legal advice. Your county, your city hall or an attorney can confirm what applies to you.