Arthur vs Tower City

A side-by-side comparison of Arthur and Tower City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Arthur has the higher population (357 vs 345 in Tower City). Tower City has the higher median household income ($107,708 vs $84,722 in Arthur). Arthur has the higher median home value ($209,700 vs $189,700 in Tower City).

Population, income & housing

	Arthur	Tower City
Population	357	345
Median age	46.5 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$84,722	$107,708
Median home value	$209,700	$189,700
Median gross rent	$629	$561
Housing units	139	149
Homeownership rate	85.6%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arthur	Tower City
Population	327 → 357 (+9.2%)	324 → 345 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $84,722 (+38.3%)	$63,750 → $107,708 (+69.0%)
Median home value	$133,900 → $209,700 (+56.6%)	$129,400 → $189,700 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	$596 → $629 (+5.5%)	$467 → $561 (+20.1%)

Arthur

Population

327357

Median household income

$61,250$84,722

Median home value

$133,900$209,700

Median gross rent

$596$629

Tower City

Population

324345

Median household income

$63,750$107,708

Median home value

$129,400$189,700

Median gross rent

$467$561

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arthur	Tower City
Under 5	7.8%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.4%
25 to 34	7.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	10.6%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.3%	19.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.4%	9.6%
75 and over	12.6%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arthur	Tower City
White (non-Hispanic)	98.6%	98.8%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arthur	Tower City
No high school diploma	8.6%	2.4%
High school graduate	28.6%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.1%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arthur	Tower City
Drove alone	79.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	3.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arthur	Tower City
1-unit, detached	76.3%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Arthur	Tower City
Poverty rate	1.2%	6.7%
Average household size	2.51	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1970	1977