Bucyrus vs Hettinger

A side-by-side comparison of Bucyrus and Hettinger: population, income, housing, and more.

Bucyrus and Hettinger are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hettinger has the higher population (1,141 vs 55 in Bucyrus). Bucyrus has the higher median household income ($153,500 vs $50,750 in Hettinger). Since 2019, Bucyrus's population has grown faster (+189.5% vs +7.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
Population	55	1,141
Median age	46.6 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$153,500	$50,750
Median home value	—	$112,600
Median gross rent	—	$498
Housing units	27	726
Homeownership rate	100.0%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.1%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
Population	19 → 55 (+189.5%)	1,065 → 1,141 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$131,500 → $153,500 (+16.7%)	$48,897 → $50,750 (+3.8%)
Median home value	—	$116,100 → $112,600 (-3.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$612 → $498 (-18.6%)

Bucyrus

Population

1955

Median household income

$131,500$153,500

Hettinger

Population

1,0651,141

Median household income

$48,897$50,750

Median home value

$116,100$112,600

Median gross rent

$612$498

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	14.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	14.5%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.7%	10.4%
55 to 64	27.3%	12.6%
65 to 74	9.1%	13.6%
75 and over	7.3%	14.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	82.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.8%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
No high school diploma	20.5%	8.6%
High school graduate	59.0%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
Drove alone	54.8%	84.5%
Carpooled	19.4%	7.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	25.8%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
1-unit, detached	100.0%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	18.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Bucyrus	Hettinger
Poverty rate	0.0%	8.3%
Average household size	2.50	1.83
Mean commute (minutes)	43	14
Median year structure built	1971	1966