Oliver County, North Dakota

Oliver County has a population of 1,839 and has grown 1.4% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $215,700, about 2.8 times the county's median household income of $77,240.

Home price
$215,700
Income
$77,240
Population
1,839
Unemployment
1.0%

Housing

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

Median home price$215,700county
Median gross rent$756county
Median year homes here were built1976county
Share of homes built before 198062.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile13.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant18.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented4.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use5.8%county
Typical monthly rent$1,200(statewide)
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$77,240county
Family health premium / yr$23,090(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$12,373(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.858(statewide)
Poverty rate5.2%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 home9.0%county
Unemployment rate1.0%county
Share of adults in the labor force57.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed9.7%county
Share of workers employed by government31.9%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.5%county
Economic output per resident$180,746county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.62%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 time25.9 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service36 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport295900county
Miles to nearest general aviation field17 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here0county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station77 micounty
Households without a vehicle2.3%county
Traffic deaths54.4county
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 higher23.0%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.7%county
Public schools in the county2county
Public school enrollment265county
Students per full-time teacher12.0county
Free lunch eligible21.5%county
Elementary schools1county
Middle schools0county
High schools1county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above0county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution31 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians83(statewide)
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county0county
Hospitals here with an emergency department0county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3(statewide)
Fine particulate matter4.8 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.7%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year8.5%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year5.0%county
Frequent mental distress13.8%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.6%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.5%county

Place

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

Population1,839county
Land area in square miles722county
People per square mile of land2.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores0county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store38.2%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract100.0%county
Population change since 2020+1.4%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents5county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents1county
Median age46.1 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1825.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over27.2%county
Share of households that are one person21.7%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.2%county
Second languages1.4%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls56.6%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents160county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents2county
Households that moved in30county
Households that moved away27county
Average income of arriving households$58,933county
Average income of departing households$44,222county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes9county
Housing units authorised in the latest year8county
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 temperature43.4°Fcounty
Annual precipitation20.3 incounty
Annual snowfall0.0 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.83 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F12 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing175 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6acounty
Frost-free days140 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 10county
Average first fall frostSep 28county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$110county
Electric utilities serving this county2county
Electricity price per kWh11.0¢county
Household electricity use1,012 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$14.61(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity21.1%county
Homes heated by utility gas3.4%county
Homes heated by propane62.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood1.1%county
Households with broadband89.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk6.5county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk19.0county
Landslide risk6.6county
Hail risk39.7county
Earthquake risk0.4county
Tornado risk11.7county
Tropical cyclone risk0.0county
Extreme heat risk5.3county
Winter weather risk41.3county
Strong wind risk6.2county
Wildfire risk44.5county

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 Oliver 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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