Flaxton vs Powers Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Flaxton and Powers Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Powers Lake has the higher population (292 vs 24 in Flaxton). Powers Lake has the higher median household income ($77,750 vs $23,750 in Flaxton). Powers Lake has the higher median home value ($165,000 vs $38,500 in Flaxton).

Population, income & housing

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
Population	24	292
Median age	60.5 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$23,750	$77,750
Median home value	$38,500	$165,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,074
Housing units	85	201
Homeownership rate	100.0%	68.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	20.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
Population	134 → 24 (-82.1%)	293 → 292 (-0.3%)
Median household income	$84,167 → $23,750 (-71.8%)	$54,625 → $77,750 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$32,900 → $38,500 (+17.0%)	$143,200 → $165,000 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,090 → $1,074 (-1.5%)

Flaxton

Population

13424

Median household income

$84,167$23,750

Median home value

$32,900$38,500

Powers Lake

Population

293292

Median household income

$54,625$77,750

Median home value

$143,200$165,000

Median gross rent

$1,090$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
Under 5	0.0%	7.2%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	11.6%
35 to 44	16.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	13.0%
55 to 64	29.2%	5.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	8.9%
75 and over	45.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	94.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
No high school diploma	20.8%	5.2%
High school graduate	33.3%	17.5%
Some college or associate's	20.8%	47.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	16.7%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
Drove alone	100.0%	83.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	10.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
1-unit, detached	76.5%	79.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.7%	18.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Flaxton	Powers Lake
Poverty rate	8.3%	15.8%
Average household size	1.26	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1948	1964