Oxbow vs Tower City

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

Oxbow 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.

Oxbow has the higher population (361 vs 345 in Tower City). Oxbow has the higher median household income ($172,083 vs $107,708 in Tower City). Oxbow has the higher median home value ($582,100 vs $189,700 in Tower City).

Population, income & housing

	Oxbow	Tower City
Population	361	345
Median age	48.9 yrs	39.6 yrs
Median household income	$172,083	$107,708
Median home value	$582,100	$189,700
Median gross rent	—	$561
Housing units	131	149
Homeownership rate	100.0%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.9%	36.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oxbow	Tower City
Population	282 → 361 (+28.0%)	324 → 345 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$156,250 → $172,083 (+10.1%)	$63,750 → $107,708 (+69.0%)
Median home value	$408,300 → $582,100 (+42.6%)	$129,400 → $189,700 (+46.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$467 → $561 (+20.1%)

Oxbow

Population

282361

Median household income

$156,250$172,083

Median home value

$408,300$582,100

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)

	Oxbow	Tower City
Under 5	5.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.4%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.3%	6.4%
25 to 34	3.6%	16.2%
35 to 44	11.4%	7.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	19.7%
55 to 64	24.7%	11.0%
65 to 74	17.2%	9.6%
75 and over	0.8%	8.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oxbow	Tower City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	98.8%
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	0.0%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oxbow	Tower City
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.4%
High school graduate	5.0%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree	45.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oxbow	Tower City
Drove alone	82.0%	87.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	2.8%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oxbow	Tower City
1-unit, detached	92.4%	73.8%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.8%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Oxbow	Tower City
Poverty rate	1.7%	6.7%
Average household size	2.84	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	20	22
Median year structure built	2008	1977