Mountrail County, North Dakota

Mountrail County has a population of 9,507 and has shrunk 4.3% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $232,700, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $80,717.

Home price
$232,700
Income
$80,717
Population
9,507
Unemployment
1.1%

Housing

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

Median home price$232,700county
Median gross rent$950county
Median year homes here were built1997county
Share of homes built before 198037.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile20.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant23.5%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented38.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use8.2%county
Typical monthly rent$1,200(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,071county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$850county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,386county
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$80,717county
Family health premium / yr$23,090(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,373(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.858(statewide)
Poverty rate14.5%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 home4.6%county
Unemployment rate1.1%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.6%county
Share of workers who are self-employed7.4%county
Share of workers employed by government19.6%county
Share of workers in the largest industry19.3%county
Economic output per resident$239,496county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.52%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 time19.1 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service52 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport169463county
Miles to nearest general aviation field12 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here4county
Passenger train stations and the railway network1county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station13 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.3%county
Traffic deaths52.6county
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 higher22.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher88.5%county
Public schools in the county9county
Public school enrollment2208county
Students per full-time teacher10.7county
Free lunch eligible39.4%county
Elementary schools4county
Middle schools1county
High schools3county
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 institution11 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians52county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter5.0 µgcounty
Without health insurance15.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year17.9%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.5%county
Frequent mental distress15.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes11.8%county

Place

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

Population9,507county
Land area in square miles1,825county
People per square mile of land5.2county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store21.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-4.3%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents3county
Median age35.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1829.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over13.5%county
Share of households that are one person31.6%county
Share of residents born outside the United States4.4%county
Second languages12.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls51.5%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents286county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents-16county
Households that moved in324county
Households that moved away273county
Average income of arriving households$55,932county
Average income of departing households$68,883county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes5county
Housing units authorised in the latest year23county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings27.6%(statewide)
Violent crime rate254(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature41.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation17.9 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.76 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F10 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing184 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days135 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 12county
Average first fall frostSep 24county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$127county
Electric utilities serving this county6county
Electricity price per kWh11.0¢county
Household electricity use1,255 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.61(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity43.9%county
Homes heated by utility gas21.0%county
Homes heated by propane31.4%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.7%county
Homes heated by wood0.1%county
Households with broadband88.5%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk11.9county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk33.0county
Landslide risk22.3county
Hail risk75.7county
Earthquake risk5.9county
Tornado risk32.5county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk13.6county
Winter weather risk90.1county
Strong wind risk25.6county
Wildfire risk78.8county

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 Mountrail 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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