Ellendale vs Oakes

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

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

Oakes has the higher population (2,046 vs 946 in Ellendale). Oakes has the higher median household income ($64,750 vs $40,000 in Ellendale). Oakes has the higher median home value ($160,100 vs $115,900 in Ellendale).

Population, income & housing

	Ellendale	Oakes
Population	946	2,046
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$64,750
Median home value	$115,900	$160,100
Median gross rent	$786	$740
Housing units	548	881
Homeownership rate	58.9%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.7%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellendale	Oakes
Population	1,211 → 946 (-21.9%)	2,129 → 2,046 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$44,688 → $40,000 (-10.5%)	$71,250 → $64,750 (-9.1%)
Median home value	$77,300 → $115,900 (+49.9%)	$124,400 → $160,100 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	$553 → $786 (+42.1%)	$664 → $740 (+11.4%)

Ellendale

Population

1,211946

Median household income

$44,688$40,000

Median home value

$77,300$115,900

Median gross rent

$553$786

Oakes

Population

2,1292,046

Median household income

$71,250$64,750

Median home value

$124,400$160,100

Median gross rent

$664$740

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellendale	Oakes
Under 5	3.5%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.7%	18.6%
18 to 24	16.5%	10.3%
25 to 34	8.8%	9.7%
35 to 44	9.9%	12.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.8%	13.0%
65 to 74	12.9%	9.7%
75 and over	14.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellendale	Oakes
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellendale	Oakes
No high school diploma	7.6%	11.9%
High school graduate	23.8%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	29.1%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellendale	Oakes
Drove alone	72.7%	78.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.9%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.2%	7.4%
Other means	2.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellendale	Oakes
1-unit, detached	74.6%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.4%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellendale	Oakes
Poverty rate	13.4%	11.6%
Average household size	2.11	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	12	19
Median year structure built	1960	1969