Fingal vs Valley City

A side-by-side comparison of Fingal and Valley City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Valley City has the higher population (6,554 vs 179 in Fingal). Fingal has the higher median household income ($61,250 vs $56,471 in Valley City). Valley City has the higher median home value ($152,800 vs $59,800 in Fingal).

Population, income & housing

	Fingal	Valley City
Population	179	6,554
Median age	29.8 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$61,250	$56,471
Median home value	$59,800	$152,800
Median gross rent	—	$782
Housing units	65	3,255
Homeownership rate	91.9%	61.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.6%	30.0%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fingal	Valley City
Population	110 → 179 (+62.7%)	6,460 → 6,554 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $61,250 (+28.9%)	$46,926 → $56,471 (+20.3%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $59,800 (+25.9%)	$133,600 → $152,800 (+14.4%)
Median gross rent	$688 → $660 (-4.1%)	$677 → $782 (+15.5%)

Fingal

Population

110179

Median household income

$47,500$61,250

Median home value

$47,500$59,800

Median gross rent

$688$660

Valley City

Population

6,4606,554

Median household income

$46,926$56,471

Median home value

$133,600$152,800

Median gross rent

$677$782

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fingal	Valley City
Under 5	3.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	2.8%	17.0%
18 to 24	42.5%	14.4%
25 to 34	1.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	22.3%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	9.5%
55 to 64	12.3%	8.7%
65 to 74	2.2%	9.9%
75 and over	2.8%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fingal	Valley City
White (non-Hispanic)	65.9%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	34.1%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fingal	Valley City
No high school diploma	3.3%	5.4%
High school graduate	31.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	58.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.6%	22.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fingal	Valley City
Drove alone	69.4%	83.7%
Carpooled	21.6%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fingal	Valley City
1-unit, detached	92.3%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	19.3%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Fingal	Valley City
Poverty rate	7.3%	14.9%
Average household size	2.89	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	27	15
Median year structure built	1938	1966