Mapleton vs Oxbow

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

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

Mapleton has the higher population (1,243 vs 361 in Oxbow). Oxbow has the higher median household income ($172,083 vs $116,364 in Mapleton). Oxbow has the higher median home value ($582,100 vs $285,500 in Mapleton).

Population, income & housing

	Mapleton	Oxbow
Population	1,243	361
Median age	32.2 yrs	48.9 yrs
Median household income	$116,364	$172,083
Median home value	$285,500	$582,100
Housing units	431	131
Homeownership rate	95.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	56.9%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mapleton	Oxbow
Population	1,113 → 1,243 (+11.7%)	282 → 361 (+28.0%)
Median household income	$83,929 → $116,364 (+38.6%)	$156,250 → $172,083 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$183,300 → $285,500 (+55.8%)	$408,300 → $582,100 (+42.6%)

Mapleton

Population

1,1131,243

Median household income

$83,929$116,364

Median home value

$183,300$285,500

Oxbow

Population

282361

Median household income

$156,250$172,083

Median home value

$408,300$582,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mapleton	Oxbow
Under 5	13.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	23.5%	3.6%
35 to 44	17.1%	11.4%
45 to 54	5.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	24.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	17.2%
75 and over	0.9%	0.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mapleton	Oxbow
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	95.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	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	3.5%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mapleton	Oxbow
No high school diploma	4.3%	0.8%
High school graduate	19.4%	5.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	45.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mapleton	Oxbow
Drove alone	72.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	13.6%	5.4%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	11.2%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mapleton	Oxbow
1-unit, detached	87.5%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	7.0%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	2.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Mapleton	Oxbow
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.7%
Average household size	3.00	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	2006	2008