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Grand Forks, ND

59,042 Population
29.1 square miles 2,027.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 33.5 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,857 ±$1,708 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $39,465 ±$1,023
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $43,389 ±$579
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,627 ±$2,587 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $69,836 ±$3,527
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $76,657 ±$1,163
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

15.5% ±1.5% (8,490  ±820) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 12.8% 12,526 (±1.1% / ±1,026)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Dakota: 10.8% 81,881 (±0.4% / ±3,093)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.8 minutes ±1.2 (459,630  ±37,810) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 16.6 860,995 (±0.7 / ±41,518)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 17.9 6,706,845 (±0.3 / ±118,502)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

26,171 ±448 Number of households
  • the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 43,655 ±560
  • North Dakota: 331,063 ±1,699
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0 (54,586  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 2.2 97,579 (±0 / ±68)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 756,048
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6% ±1.5% (949  ±240) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 6.1% † 1,504 (±1% / ±250)
  • a little less than the rate in North Dakota: 6.3% 11,165 (±0.4% / ±782)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

28,129 ±213 Number of housing units
  • the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 48,588 ±92
  • North Dakota: 377,281 ±282
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$249,900 ±$8,939 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: $242,500 ±$4,324
  • about the same as the amount in North Dakota: $249,900 ±$2,909
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

25.1% ±2% (14,625  ±1,189.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 19.1% 19,563 (±1.3% / ±1,354.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 15.8% 122,124 (±0.5% / ±4,072.4)
  • about double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.7% ±3.9% (33,129  ±1,375.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 95.2% 61,186 (±2.4% / ±1,576.2)
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 94% 482,677 (±1% / ±5,364.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
40% ±2.5% (13,826  ±884.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 34.8% 22,350 (±1.5% / ±991.7)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 32.7% 167,849 (±0.6% / ±3,278.7)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

7.7% ±1.1% (4,528  ±657) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 5.4% 5,546
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 4.7% 36,962
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.3% ±0.7% (2,949  ±340) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Grand Forks, ND-MN Metro Area: 7.2% 5,700 (±0.5% / ±408)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 7.2% 42,380 (±0.2% / ±1,356)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,949 Total veterans ±340 2,726 Male ±320 223 Female ±107

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