Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Wahpeton, ND

7,996 Population
5.4 square miles 1,493.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

34.8 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 39.3 ±0.7
  • a little less than the figure in North Dakota: 35.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,164 ±$2,365 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: $39,031 ±$1,640
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $42,474 ±$499
$57,417 ±$8,252 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: $70,762 ±$3,889
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Dakota: $75,949 ±$1,002

16.6% ±4.2% (1,121  ±287) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 11.6% † 2,503 (±1.9% / ±408)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 10.6% 79,628 (±0.4% / ±3,136)

17.7 minutes ±3.6 (69,505  ±15,183) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 21 220,435 (±1.3 / ±15,728)
  • about the same as the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)

Families

3,338 ±136 Number of households
  • the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 9,455 ±196
  • North Dakota: 325,079 ±1,663
2 ±0.1 (6,656  ±48) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 2.3 21,416 (±0.1 / ±50)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 751,761

5.5% ±4% (105  ±76) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 7.7% † 361 (±1.9% / ±90)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 6.4% 11,181 (±0.4% / ±757)

Housing

3,662 ±136 Number of housing units
  • the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 10,529 ±35
  • North Dakota: 374,866 ±238

$164,600 ±$14,735 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: $176,100 ±$10,292
  • about two-thirds of the amount in North Dakota: $241,100 ±$2,406

22.5% ±4.7% (1,784  ±371.2) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 13.4% † 3,026 (±1.9% / ±439.5)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Dakota: 16.4% 125,799 (±0.5% / ±4,121.9)

Social

94.3% ±7.9% (4,617  ±410.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 94.5% 14,380 (±3.5% / ±543.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 93.8% 477,731 (±0.9% / ±4,816.4)
22.9% ±4.1% (1,119  ±201.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 24% 3,647 (±1.8% / ±277.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Dakota: 32.3% 164,378 (±0.6% / ±2,956.5)

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

0.8% ±0.6% (61  ±45) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 1.1% 252
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Dakota: 4.5% 34,813

8.7% ±2.3% (581  ±153) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Wahpeton, ND-MN Micro Area: 7.5% † 1,348 (±1% / ±171)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Dakota: 7.4% 43,237 (±0.2% / ±1,422)
581 Total veterans ±153 509 Male ±144 72 Female ±56

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.