Emerado vs Northwood

A side-by-side comparison of Emerado and Northwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwood has the higher population (941 vs 391 in Emerado). Northwood has the higher median household income ($76,875 vs $65,795 in Emerado). Northwood has the higher median home value ($200,500 vs $142,900 in Emerado).

Population, income & housing

	Emerado	Northwood
Population	391	941
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$65,795	$76,875
Median home value	$142,900	$200,500
Median gross rent	$725	$750
Housing units	319	434
Homeownership rate	62.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	33.8%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emerado	Northwood
Population	442 → 391 (-11.5%)	713 → 941 (+32.0%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $65,795 (+35.0%)	$57,727 → $76,875 (+33.2%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $142,900 (+51.5%)	$149,600 → $200,500 (+34.0%)
Median gross rent	$677 → $725 (+7.1%)	$628 → $750 (+19.4%)

Emerado

Population

442391

Median household income

$48,750$65,795

Median home value

$94,300$142,900

Median gross rent

$677$725

Northwood

Population

713941

Median household income

$57,727$76,875

Median home value

$149,600$200,500

Median gross rent

$628$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emerado	Northwood
Under 5	9.5%	8.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	6.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	18.4%	8.0%
45 to 54	5.9%	11.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	9.0%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.2%
75 and over	9.5%	16.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emerado	Northwood
White (non-Hispanic)	69.8%	95.5%
Black or African American	9.7%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.4%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emerado	Northwood
No high school diploma	6.7%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	39.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	25.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emerado	Northwood
Drove alone	87.5%	70.6%
Carpooled	9.4%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	5.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.5%
Other means	0.0%	4.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emerado	Northwood
1-unit, detached	33.5%	69.8%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	20.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	49.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Emerado	Northwood
Poverty rate	10.7%	9.1%
Average household size	2.14	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1987	1966