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Watford City, ND

6,016 Population
9 square miles 670.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McKenzie County: 31.2 ±0.5
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 35.7 ±0.1

Economics

$51,501 ±$7,770 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in McKenzie County: $48,665 ±$4,605
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Dakota: $42,474 ±$499
$88,351 ±$5,242 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in McKenzie County: $88,289 ±$3,417
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in North Dakota: $75,949 ±$1,002

7.9% ±4.5% (461  ±265) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in McKenzie County: 12.8% † 1,801 (±3.6% / ±507)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Dakota: 10.6% 79,628 (±0.4% / ±3,136)

19.3 minutes ±3.2 (63,280  ±12,651) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in McKenzie County: 20.6 133,060 (±1.8 / ±14,225)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Dakota: 18 6,753,895 (±0.3 / ±116,740)

Families

2,797 ±290 Number of households
  • McKenzie County: 5,910 ±252
  • North Dakota: 325,079 ±1,663
2.1 ±0.2 (5,913  ±43) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McKenzie County: 2.4 13,998 (±0.1 / ±18)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 751,761

9.1% ±6.7% (135  ±100) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in McKenzie County: 10.9% † 362 (±4.7% / ±157)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Dakota: 6.4% 11,181 (±0.4% / ±757)

Housing

3,683 ±258 Number of housing units
  • McKenzie County: 7,691 ±86
  • North Dakota: 374,866 ±238

$385,100 ±$53,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in McKenzie County: $357,300 ±$28,153
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Dakota: $241,100 ±$2,406

30.5% ±8.9% (1,788  ±525) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in McKenzie County: 17.6% † 2,465 (±4% / ±557.9)
  • nearly double the rate in North Dakota: 16.4% 125,799 (±0.5% / ±4,121.9)

Social

92.5% ±11.4% (3,600  ±518.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McKenzie County: 92.4% 8,244 (±7.3% / ±660.5)
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 93.8% 477,731 (±0.9% / ±4,816.4)
25.8% ±7.1% (1,003  ±285.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McKenzie County: 22.8% † 2,035 (±3.9% / ±349.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

6.2% ±2.8% (374  ±166) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in McKenzie County: 3.9% 554
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Dakota: 4.5% 34,813

3.9% ±1.9% (168  ±82) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in McKenzie County: 4.4% † 427 (±1.3% / ±125)
  • about half the rate in North Dakota: 7.4% 43,237 (±0.2% / ±1,422)
168 Total veterans ±82 135 Male ±76 33 Female ±38

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