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Watford City, ND

6,039 Population
8.9 square miles 677.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

28.8 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McKenzie County: 31.5 ±0.7
  • 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

$48,675 ±$7,890 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in McKenzie County: $51,333 † ±$5,413
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Dakota: $43,389 ±$579
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$102,260 ±$27,776 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in McKenzie County: $93,404 † ±$14,393
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Dakota: $76,657 ±$1,163
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±4.9% (462  ±292) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in McKenzie County: 12% † 1,693 (±3.5% / ±490)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Dakota: 10.8% 81,881 (±0.4% / ±3,093)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.8 minutes ±4.3 (65,795  ±15,463) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in McKenzie County: 22.9 † 145,715 (±2.6 / ±18,404)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Dakota: 17.9 6,706,845 (±0.3 / ±118,502)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,629 ±243 Number of households
  • McKenzie County: 5,997 ±237
  • North Dakota: 331,063 ±1,699
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,943  ±42) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in McKenzie County: 2.3 14,038 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about the same as the figure in North Dakota: 2.3 756,048
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

9.4% ±8.3% (130  ±118) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in McKenzie County: 12.4% † 395 (±5.1% / ±164)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Dakota: 6.3% 11,165 (±0.4% / ±782)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,491 ±314 Number of housing units
  • McKenzie County: 7,752 ±122
  • North Dakota: 377,281 ±282
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$408,500 ±$40,969 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in McKenzie County: $349,600 ±$29,514
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Dakota: $249,900 ±$2,909
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

31.2% ±10.1% (1,856  ±601.3) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in McKenzie County: 18.2% † 2,568 (±4.6% / ±652.7)
  • about double the rate in North Dakota: 15.8% 122,124 (±0.5% / ±4,072.4)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

86.8% ±12.6% (3,263  ±511.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in McKenzie County: 89.1% 7,996 (±7.3% / ±662.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 94% 482,677 (±1% / ±5,364.2)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
18.9% ±5.8% (709  ±223.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in McKenzie County: 19.1% † 1,710 (±3.3% / ±295.8)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Dakota: 32.7% 167,849 (±0.6% / ±3,278.7)
  • about half 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

9.7% ±4.2% (586  ±254) Foreign-born population
  • nearly double the rate in McKenzie County: 5% 720
  • more than double the rate in North Dakota: 4.7% 36,962
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.3% ±3% (226  ±126) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in McKenzie County: 4.9% † 485 (±1.6% / ±155)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Dakota: 7.2% 42,380 (±0.2% / ±1,356)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
226 Total veterans ±126 226 Male ±126 N/A Female ±15

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