Maxbass vs Willow City

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

Maxbass 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.

Willow City has the higher population (126 vs 92 in Maxbass). Willow City has the higher median household income ($69,000 vs $53,750 in Maxbass). Willow City has the higher median home value ($51,700 vs $36,700 in Maxbass).

Population, income & housing

	Maxbass	Willow City
Population	92	126
Median age	23.8 yrs	63.0 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$69,000
Median home value	$36,700	$51,700
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	52	125
Homeownership rate	97.0%	79.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.7%	7.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Maxbass	Willow City
Population	107 → 92 (-14.0%)	145 → 126 (-13.1%)
Median household income	$59,583 → $53,750 (-9.8%)	$36,250 → $69,000 (+90.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $36,700 (-54.1%)	$41,200 → $51,700 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,042 → $1,117 (+7.2%)	$450 → $675 (+50.0%)

Maxbass

Population

10792

Median household income

$59,583$53,750

Median home value

$80,000$36,700

Median gross rent

$1,042$1,117

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)

	Maxbass	Willow City
Under 5	14.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	15.2%	4.0%
18 to 24	21.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	11.1%
35 to 44	7.6%	16.7%
45 to 54	4.3%	4.8%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.7%
65 to 74	5.4%	25.4%
75 and over	2.2%	23.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Maxbass	Willow City
White (non-Hispanic)	45.7%	92.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	20.7%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	33.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Maxbass	Willow City
No high school diploma	6.7%	10.2%
High school graduate	48.9%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.7%	2.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Maxbass	Willow City
Drove alone	41.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	55.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Maxbass	Willow City
1-unit, detached	86.5%	88.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.8%	12.0%

Poverty & households

	Maxbass	Willow City
Poverty rate	28.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.79	1.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1967	1961