Apple Valley vs Bismarck

A side-by-side comparison of Apple Valley and Bismarck: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bismarck has the higher population (74,146 vs 191 in Apple Valley). Apple Valley has the higher median household income ($89,583 vs $77,608 in Bismarck). Bismarck has the higher median home value ($291,400 vs $248,800 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
Population	191	74,146
Median age	34.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$89,583	$77,608
Median home value	$248,800	$291,400
Median gross rent	—	$992
Housing units	57	34,852
Homeownership rate	100.0%	65.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.4%	38.7%
Unemployment rate	18.0%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
Population	187 → 191 (+2.1%)	72,777 → 74,146 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$95,556 → $89,583 (-6.3%)	$64,444 → $77,608 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$217,000 → $248,800 (+14.7%)	$245,300 → $291,400 (+18.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$867 → $992 (+14.4%)

Apple Valley

Population

187191

Median household income

$95,556$89,583

Median home value

$217,000$248,800

Bismarck

Population

72,77774,146

Median household income

$64,444$77,608

Median home value

$245,300$291,400

Median gross rent

$867$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
Under 5	7.9%	5.6%
5 to 17	24.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.5%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.3%	14.2%
35 to 44	17.3%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.4%	10.0%
55 to 64	16.8%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.3%	10.0%
75 and over	0.0%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	84.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.5%
Asian	1.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	8.9%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
No high school diploma	8.4%	5.0%
High school graduate	21.5%	22.9%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	33.4%
Bachelor's degree	24.3%	26.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
Drove alone	100.0%	81.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	2.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
1-unit, detached	84.2%	47.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	10.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	15.8%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Bismarck
Poverty rate	0.0%	9.7%
Average household size	3.35	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	15	15
Median year structure built	1976	1984