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Wells County, ND

3,890 Population
1,270.5 square miles 3.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Dakota: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$44,681 ±$5,443 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in North Dakota: $43,389 ±$579
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,114 ±$8,439 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Dakota: $76,657 ±$1,163
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

9.1% ±2.7% (346  ±102) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Dakota: 10.8% 81,881 (±0.4% / ±3,093)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.6 minutes ±2.2 (22,180  ±3,894) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Dakota: 17.9 6,706,845 (±0.3 / ±118,502)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,787 ±93 Number of households
  • North Dakota: 331,063 ±1,699
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (3,788  ±5) Persons per household
  • 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

4.8% ±3.4% (31  ±22) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Dakota: 6.3% 11,165 (±0.4% / ±782)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,209 ±79 Number of housing units
  • North Dakota: 377,281 ±282
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$114,500 ±$10,661 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in North Dakota: $249,900 ±$2,909
  • about one-third of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

12% ±4.5% (463  ±174.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Dakota: 15.8% 122,124 (±0.5% / ±4,072.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.4% ±6.9% (2,510  ±200.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 94% 482,677 (±1% / ±5,364.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
21.7% ±2.9% (590  ±80.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Dakota: 32.7% 167,849 (±0.6% / ±3,278.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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

1% (38  ±26) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Dakota: 4.7% 36,962
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.1% ±2.5% (212  ±73) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in North Dakota: 7.2% 42,380 (±0.2% / ±1,356)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
212 Total veterans ±73 209 Male ±73 3 Female ±4

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