Grand Forks County, North Dakota

Grand Forks County has a population of 72,923 and has grown 1.8% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $252,700, about 3.7 times the county's median household income of $68,075.

Home price
$252,700
Income
$68,075
Population
72,923
Unemployment
2.3%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$252,700county
Median gross rent$992county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198047.1%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile3.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant7.7%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented48.2%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.0%county
Typical monthly rent$1,169county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,089county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$868county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,515county
Home insurance / yr$2,982(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living91.4(statewide)
Median household income$68,075county
Family health premium / yr$23,090(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,373(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.858(statewide)
Poverty rate13.2%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home6.5%county
Unemployment rate2.3%county
Share of adults in the labor force71.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.6%county
Share of workers employed by government22.1%county
Share of workers in the largest industry32.6%county
Economic output per resident$81,185county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate1.15%county
Top state income tax2.50%(statewide)
Capital gains tax2.50%(statewide)
Combined sales tax7.09%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time15.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service4.2 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport92482county
Miles to nearest general aviation field23 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station0.9 micounty
Households without a vehicle7.1%county
Traffic deaths11.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-5.4(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher38.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher95.9%county
Public schools in the county28county
Public school enrollment9731county
Students per full-time teacher10.9county
Free lunch eligible31.0%county
Elementary schools17county
Middle schools4county
High schools7county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians122county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county2county
Hospitals here with an emergency department2county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter6.7 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year10.7%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.6%county
Frequent mental distress16.6%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.8%county
Diagnosed diabetes8.5%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population72,923county
Land area in square miles1,436county
People per square mile of land50.8county
Supermarkets and grocery stores13county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store7.8%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.8%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents4county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents7county
Median age30.9 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1821.2%county
Share of residents 65 and over14.2%county
Share of households that are one person38.0%county
Share of residents born outside the United States6.7%county
Second languages8.0%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls48.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents107county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents1county
Households that moved in2,412county
Households that moved away2,569county
Average income of arriving households$51,926county
Average income of departing households$58,348county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes6county
Housing units authorised in the latest year186county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings38.2%county
Violent crime rate254(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature42.1°Fcounty
Annual precipitation18.4 incounty
Annual snowfall34.7 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.60 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F4 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing170 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 5acounty
Frost-free days139 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 16county
Average first fall frostOct 2county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$116county
Electric utilities serving this county3county
Electricity price per kWh12.1¢county
Household electricity use1,021 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.61(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity44.8%county
Homes heated by utility gas42.3%county
Homes heated by propane7.7%county
Homes heated by fuel oil1.1%county
Homes heated by wood0.3%county
Households with broadband88.0%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk61.7county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk25.9county
Landslide risk34.2county
Hail risk90.3county
Earthquake risk13.0county
Tornado risk60.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk37.3county
Winter weather risk97.9county
Strong wind risk78.1county
Wildfire risk55.3county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams1county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Grand Forks County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the North Dakota figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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