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West Mercer UT, Mercer County, ND

697 Population
634.9 square miles 1.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±15.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Mercer County: 42.9 ±0.8
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in North Dakota: 35.9 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$58,097 ±$13,096 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $41,590 ±$2,468
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Dakota: $43,389 ±$579
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$110,556 ±$43,414 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $80,946 ±$6,419
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Dakota: $76,657 ±$1,163
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.6% ±1.8% (11  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Mercer County: 9.7% † 791 (±3.6% / ±295)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Dakota: 10.8% 81,881 (±0.4% / ±3,093)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.4 minutes ±7.3 (8,490  ±4,868) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Mercer County: 18.6 † 63,805 (±2.5 / ±9,551)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Dakota: 17.9 6,706,845 (±0.3 / ±118,502)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

330 ±89 Number of households
  • Mercer County: 3,594 ±173
  • North Dakota: 331,063 ±1,699
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.4 (697  ±231) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Mercer County: 2.3 8,180 (±0.1 / ±27)
  • 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

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

371 ±94 Number of housing units
  • Mercer County: 4,667 ±23
  • North Dakota: 377,281 ±282
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$267,900 ±$72,447 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Mercer County: $198,500 ±$16,792
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Dakota: $249,900 ±$2,909
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2% ±2.8% (14  ±20.1) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Mercer County: 12.1% † 999 (±3.7% / ±306.6)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Dakota: 15.8% 122,124 (±0.5% / ±4,072.4)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87% ±40% (493  ±148) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Mercer County: 91.3% 5,401 (±6.5% / ±391.3)
  • 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)
20.5% ±13.5% (116  ±86.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Mercer County: 23.3% † 1,375 (±3.2% / ±191.4)
  • about three-fifths 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

N/A Foreign-born population

3.9% ±3.3% (24  ±22) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Mercer County: 9.4% † 600 (±1.8% / ±116)
  • about half the rate in North Dakota: 7.2% 42,380 (±0.2% / ±1,356)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
24 Total veterans ±22 24 Male ±22 N/A Female ±10

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