Crosby vs Fortuna

A side-by-side comparison of Crosby and Fortuna: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crosby has the higher population (1,116 vs 74 in Fortuna). Crosby has the higher median household income ($80,000 vs $2,499 in Fortuna). Crosby has the higher median home value ($111,800 vs $31,800 in Fortuna).

Population, income & housing

	Crosby	Fortuna
Population	1,116	74
Median age	44.9 yrs	39.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,000	$2,499
Median home value	$111,800	$31,800
Median gross rent	$1,023	—
Housing units	636	39
Homeownership rate	65.3%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	11.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crosby	Fortuna
Population	1,138 → 1,116 (-1.9%)	29 → 74 (+155.2%)
Median household income	$58,250 → $80,000 (+37.3%)	$136,250 → $2,499 (-98.2%)
Median home value	$114,900 → $111,800 (-2.7%)	$31,300 → $31,800 (+1.6%)
Median gross rent	$726 → $1,023 (+40.9%)	—

Crosby

Population

1,1381,116

Median household income

$58,250$80,000

Median home value

$114,900$111,800

Median gross rent

$726$1,023

Fortuna

Population

2974

Median household income

$136,250$2,499

Median home value

$31,300$31,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crosby	Fortuna
Under 5	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.3%	18.9%
18 to 24	1.5%	10.8%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	18.9%
45 to 54	9.2%	33.8%
55 to 64	7.6%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	0.0%
75 and over	16.6%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crosby	Fortuna
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	93.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	6.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crosby	Fortuna
No high school diploma	17.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	24.6%	11.5%
Some college or associate's	46.8%	76.9%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	11.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crosby	Fortuna
Drove alone	90.0%	94.1%
Carpooled	0.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	5.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crosby	Fortuna
1-unit, detached	68.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crosby	Fortuna
Poverty rate	2.8%	39.2%
Average household size	2.16	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	9	—
Median year structure built	1974	1938