Bottineau vs Willow City

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

Bottineau and Willow City 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 126 in Willow City). Bottineau has the higher median household income ($70,882 vs $69,000 in Willow City). Bottineau has the higher median home value ($165,300 vs $51,700 in Willow City).

Population, income & housing

	Bottineau	Willow City
Population	2,063	126
Median age	35.9 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,882	$69,000
Median home value	$165,300	$51,700
Median gross rent	$770	$675
Housing units	922	125
Homeownership rate	60.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bottineau	Willow City
Population	2,094 → 2,063 (-1.5%)	145 → 126 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$55,185 → $70,882 (+28.4%)	$36,250 → $69,000 (+90.3%)
Median home value	$135,700 → $165,300 (+21.8%)	$41,200 → $51,700 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$606 → $770 (+27.1%)	$450 → $675 (+50.0%)

Bottineau

Population

2,0942,063

Median household income

$55,185$70,882

Median home value

$135,700$165,300

Median gross rent

$606$770

Willow City

Population

145126

Median household income

$36,250$69,000

Median home value

$41,200$51,700

Median gross rent

$450$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bottineau	Willow City
Under 5	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	13.5%	4.0%
18 to 24	15.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	9.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	4.8%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.7%
65 to 74	10.6%	25.4%
75 and over	12.7%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bottineau	Willow City
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	92.1%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	9.5%	3.2%
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%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bottineau	Willow City
No high school diploma	4.0%	10.2%
High school graduate	34.7%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bottineau	Willow City
Drove alone	78.9%	100.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	0.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bottineau	Willow City
1-unit, detached	60.7%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Bottineau	Willow City
Poverty rate	11.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.12	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	13	33
Median year structure built	1975	1961