Ellendale vs Forbes

A side-by-side comparison of Ellendale and Forbes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ellendale has the higher population (946 vs 23 in Forbes). Forbes has the higher median household income ($97,000 vs $40,000 in Ellendale). Since 2019, Ellendale's population has grown faster (-21.9% vs -43.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Ellendale	Forbes
Population	946	23
Median age	36.6 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$97,000
Median home value	$115,900	—
Median gross rent	$786	—
Housing units	548	29
Homeownership rate	58.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellendale	Forbes
Population	1,211 → 946 (-21.9%)	41 → 23 (-43.9%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $40,000 (-10.5%)	$80,893 → $97,000 (+19.9%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $115,900 (+49.9%)	—
Median gross rent	$553 → $786 (+42.1%)	—

Ellendale

Population

1,211946

Median household income

$44,688$40,000

Median home value

$77,300$115,900

Median gross rent

$553$786

Forbes

Population

4123

Median household income

$80,893$97,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellendale	Forbes
Under 5	3.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.4%
18 to 24	16.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	8.8%	21.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	17.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.0%
55 to 64	7.8%	30.4%
65 to 74	12.9%	0.0%
75 and over	14.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellendale	Forbes
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellendale	Forbes
No high school diploma	7.6%	10.5%
High school graduate	23.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	73.7%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellendale	Forbes
Drove alone	72.7%	70.6%
Carpooled	10.3%	29.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellendale	Forbes
1-unit, detached	74.6%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	13.8%

Poverty & households

	Ellendale	Forbes
Poverty rate	13.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.11	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1960	1958