Bottineau vs Lansford

A side-by-side comparison of Bottineau and Lansford: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bottineau has the higher population (2,063 vs 234 in Lansford). Lansford has the higher median household income ($72,750 vs $70,882 in Bottineau). Bottineau has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $162,500 in Lansford).

Population, income & housing

	Bottineau	Lansford
Population	2,063	234
Median age	35.9 yrs	32.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,882	$72,750
Median home value	$165,300	$162,500
Median gross rent	$770	$795
Housing units	922	119
Homeownership rate	60.0%	77.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	18.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bottineau	Lansford
Population	2,094 → 2,063 (-1.5%)	287 → 234 (-18.5%)
Median household income	$55,185 → $70,882 (+28.4%)	$72,000 → $72,750 (+1.0%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $165,300 (+21.8%)	$145,300 → $162,500 (+11.8%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $770 (+27.1%)	$619 → $795 (+28.4%)

Bottineau

Population

2,0942,063

Median household income

$55,185$70,882

Median home value

$135,700$165,300

Median gross rent

$606$770

Lansford

Population

287234

Median household income

$72,000$72,750

Median home value

$145,300$162,500

Median gross rent

$619$795

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bottineau	Lansford
Under 5	5.7%	8.5%
5 to 17	13.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	15.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	7.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.7%
75 and over	12.7%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bottineau	Lansford
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	93.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.5%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bottineau	Lansford
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.3%
High school graduate	34.7%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bottineau	Lansford
Drove alone	78.9%	75.2%
Carpooled	6.2%	18.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.9%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bottineau	Lansford
1-unit, detached	60.7%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	4.2%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Bottineau	Lansford
Poverty rate	11.7%	8.5%
Average household size	2.12	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	13	30
Median year structure built	1975	1969