Morton County, North Dakota

Morton County has a population of 33,777 and has grown 3.9% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $263,900, about 3.3 times the county's median household income of $79,382.

Home price
$263,900
Income
$79,382
Population
33,777
Unemployment
1.5%

Housing

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

Median home price$263,900county
Median gross rent$1,076county
Median year homes here were built1980county
Share of homes built before 198050.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile12.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant9.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented25.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use2.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,410county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,175county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$1,030county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,634county
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$79,382county
Family health premium / yr$23,090(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,373(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.858(statewide)
Poverty rate8.0%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 home10.6%county
Unemployment rate1.5%county
Share of adults in the labor force69.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.1%county
Share of workers employed by government16.7%county
Share of workers in the largest industry22.7%county
Economic output per resident$58,534county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.02%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 time19.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service12 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport295900county
Miles to nearest general aviation field5.7 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station99 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.5%county
Traffic deaths59.2county
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 higher28.8%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.8%county
Public schools in the county21county
Public school enrollment5391county
Students per full-time teacher13.6county
Free lunch eligible31.4%county
Elementary schools13county
Middle schools1county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution8.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians39county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance5.6%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year9.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year6.0%county
Frequent mental distress14.4%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.9%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.3%county

Place

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

Population33,777county
Land area in square miles1,926county
People per square mile of land17.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store54.0%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020+3.9%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents2county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age37.6 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1822.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.3%county
Share of households that are one person30.4%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.1%county
Second languages5.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls54.0%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents153county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents5county
Households that moved in1,199county
Households that moved away1,225county
Average income of arriving households$56,000county
Average income of departing households$59,955county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year100county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate254(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature43.6°Fcounty
Annual precipitation22.2 incounty
Annual snowfall31.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.85 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F11 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing175 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 4bcounty
Frost-free days131 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 18county
Average first fall frostSep 26county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$94county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh11.7¢county
Household electricity use806 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.61(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity17.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas67.2%county
Homes heated by propane11.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.2%county
Homes heated by wood0.0%county
Households with broadband91.4%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk40.4county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk23.4county
Landslide risk38.4county
Hail risk95.8county
Earthquake risk6.9county
Tornado risk57.3county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk28.0county
Winter weather risk95.5county
Strong wind risk51.3county
Wildfire risk73.9county

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 teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Morton 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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