Harwood vs Oxbow

A side-by-side comparison of Harwood and Oxbow: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harwood has the higher population (775 vs 361 in Oxbow). Oxbow has the higher median household income ($172,083 vs $145,000 in Harwood). Oxbow has the higher median home value ($582,100 vs $303,600 in Harwood).

Population, income & housing

	Harwood	Oxbow
Population	775	361
Median age	37.5 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$145,000	$172,083
Median home value	$303,600	$582,100
Housing units	254	131
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.6%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwood	Oxbow
Population	742 → 775 (+4.4%)	282 → 361 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$106,250 → $145,000 (+36.5%)	$156,250 → $172,083 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$222,700 → $303,600 (+36.3%)	$408,300 → $582,100 (+42.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,347 (-0.5%)	—

Harwood

Population

742775

Median household income

$106,250$145,000

Median home value

$222,700$303,600

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,347

Oxbow

Population

282361

Median household income

$156,250$172,083

Median home value

$408,300$582,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harwood	Oxbow
Under 5	5.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	25.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	2.7%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	3.6%
35 to 44	21.4%	11.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	14.4%
55 to 64	12.5%	24.7%
65 to 74	7.4%	17.2%
75 and over	2.3%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwood	Oxbow
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	95.3%
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	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwood	Oxbow
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.8%
High school graduate	15.1%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	35.1%	45.8%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwood	Oxbow
Drove alone	84.0%	82.0%
Carpooled	4.0%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	11.2%
Other means	6.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwood	Oxbow
1-unit, detached	94.1%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	4.3%	6.9%
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	1.6%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Harwood	Oxbow
Poverty rate	0.6%	1.7%
Average household size	3.13	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1986	2008