Grand Forks vs Larimore

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Forks and Larimore: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Forks has the higher population (58,882 vs 1,262 in Larimore). Larimore has the higher median household income ($78,846 vs $63,838 in Grand Forks). Grand Forks has the higher median home value ($243,300 vs $180,200 in Larimore).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Forks	Larimore
Population	58,882	1,262
Median age	29.4 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,838	$78,846
Median home value	$243,300	$180,200
Median gross rent	$958	$677
Housing units	27,897	601
Homeownership rate	46.5%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Forks	Larimore
Population	56,500 → 58,882 (+4.2%)	1,381 → 1,262 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$50,076 → $63,838 (+27.5%)	$57,381 → $78,846 (+37.4%)
Median home value	$210,300 → $243,300 (+15.7%)	$118,000 → $180,200 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $958 (+18.1%)	$624 → $677 (+8.5%)

Grand Forks

Population

56,50058,882

Median household income

$50,076$63,838

Median home value

$210,300$243,300

Median gross rent

$811$958

Larimore

Population

1,3811,262

Median household income

$57,381$78,846

Median home value

$118,000$180,200

Median gross rent

$624$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Forks	Larimore
Under 5	6.0%	6.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	13.9%
18 to 24	22.4%	4.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	10.0%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	7.9%	15.3%
55 to 64	8.9%	15.6%
65 to 74	8.0%	8.6%
75 and over	5.6%	16.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Forks	Larimore
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	90.5%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.5%
Asian	3.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.6%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Forks	Larimore
No high school diploma	4.3%	6.9%
High school graduate	20.4%	34.7%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	41.1%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Forks	Larimore
Drove alone	80.3%	85.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	6.5%
Public transit	0.9%	2.5%
Walked	3.7%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	3.8%
Other means	1.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Forks	Larimore
1-unit, detached	37.9%	68.1%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	27.8%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Grand Forks	Larimore
Poverty rate	16.3%	6.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	15	27
Median year structure built	1983	1969