Erie vs North River

A side-by-side comparison of Erie and North River: population, income, housing, and more.

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

North River has the higher population (67 vs 44 in Erie). North River has the higher median household income ($156,250 vs $143,333 in Erie). Since 2019, Erie's population has grown faster (+41.9% vs +15.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Erie	North River
Population	44	67
Median age	20.2 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$143,333	$156,250
Median home value	—	$363,600
Housing units	31	22
Homeownership rate	62.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.7%	52.2%
Unemployment rate	20.7%	8.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Erie	North River
Population	31 → 44 (+41.9%)	58 → 67 (+15.5%)
Median household income	$86,818 → $143,333 (+65.1%)	$131,250 → $156,250 (+19.0%)
Median home value	—	$285,000 → $363,600 (+27.6%)

Erie

Population

3144

Median household income

$86,818$143,333

North River

Population

5867

Median household income

$131,250$156,250

Median home value

$285,000$363,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Erie	North River
Under 5	11.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	9.1%	22.4%
18 to 24	40.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	13.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	25.4%
75 and over	0.0%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Erie	North River
White (non-Hispanic)	59.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	40.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Erie	North River
No high school diploma	35.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	0.0%	28.3%
Bachelor's degree	64.7%	43.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Erie	North River
Drove alone	56.5%	67.7%
Carpooled	43.5%	16.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	12.9%
Other means	0.0%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Erie	North River
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Erie	North River
Poverty rate	13.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.75	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	—	33
Median year structure built	1938	1977