Carrington vs McHenry

A side-by-side comparison of Carrington and McHenry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Carrington has the higher population (2,171 vs 58 in McHenry). Carrington has the higher median household income ($65,469 vs $2,499 in McHenry). Since 2019, McHenry's population has grown faster (+75.8% vs +1.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Carrington	McHenry
Population	2,171	58
Median age	40.3 yrs	57.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,469	$2,499
Median home value	$141,800	—
Median gross rent	$743	—
Housing units	1,050	47
Homeownership rate	67.8%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.9%	5.0%
Unemployment rate	0.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Carrington	McHenry
Population	2,133 → 2,171 (+1.8%)	33 → 58 (+75.8%)
Median household income	$54,839 → $65,469 (+19.4%)	$43,500 → $2,499 (-94.3%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $141,800 (+1.8%)	$51,300 → $13,900 (-72.9%)
Median gross rent	$585 → $743 (+27.0%)	—

Carrington

Population

2,1332,171

Median household income

$54,839$65,469

Median home value

$139,300$141,800

Median gross rent

$585$743

McHenry

Population

3358

Median household income

$43,500$2,499

Median home value

$51,300$13,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Carrington	McHenry
Under 5	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.9%	31.0%
18 to 24	5.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	1.7%
35 to 44	12.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	10.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	13.7%	41.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	3.4%
75 and over	12.0%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Carrington	McHenry
White (non-Hispanic)	91.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	2.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Carrington	McHenry
No high school diploma	8.1%	7.5%
High school graduate	25.9%	12.5%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.5%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Carrington	McHenry
Drove alone	76.9%	90.5%
Carpooled	12.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	9.5%
Other means	3.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Carrington	McHenry
1-unit, detached	75.8%	93.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Carrington	McHenry
Poverty rate	10.3%	41.4%
Average household size	2.21	1.71
Mean commute (minutes)	13	17
Median year structure built	1969	1938