Forbes vs Oakes

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

Forbes 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 23 in Forbes). Forbes has the higher median household income ($97,000 vs $64,750 in Oakes). Since 2019, Oakes's population has grown faster (-3.9% vs -43.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Forbes	Oakes
Population	23	2,046
Median age	44.3 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$97,000	$64,750
Median home value	—	$160,100
Median gross rent	—	$740
Housing units	29	881
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	23.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forbes	Oakes
Population	41 → 23 (-43.9%)	2,129 → 2,046 (-3.9%)
Median household income	$80,893 → $97,000 (+19.9%)	$71,250 → $64,750 (-9.1%)
Median home value	—	$124,400 → $160,100 (+28.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$664 → $740 (+11.4%)

Forbes

Population

4123

Median household income

$80,893$97,000

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)

	Forbes	Oakes
Under 5	0.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.3%
25 to 34	21.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	17.4%	12.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	30.4%	13.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	9.7%
75 and over	0.0%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forbes	Oakes
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
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%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forbes	Oakes
No high school diploma	10.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	0.0%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	73.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.8%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forbes	Oakes
Drove alone	70.6%	78.4%
Carpooled	29.4%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forbes	Oakes
1-unit, detached	86.2%	80.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	13.8%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Forbes	Oakes
Poverty rate	0.0%	11.6%
Average household size	1.92	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1958	1969