Grand Forks vs Manvel

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

Grand Forks and Manvel 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 413 in Manvel). Manvel has the higher median household income ($89,500 vs $63,838 in Grand Forks). Grand Forks has the higher median home value ($243,300 vs $184,500 in Manvel).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Forks	Manvel
Population	58,882	413
Median age	29.4 yrs	32.2 yrs
Median household income	$63,838	$89,500
Median home value	$243,300	$184,500
Median gross rent	$958	$1,136
Housing units	27,897	154
Homeownership rate	46.5%	90.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.2%	29.9%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Forks	Manvel
Population	56,500 → 58,882 (+4.2%)	330 → 413 (+25.2%)
Median household income	$50,076 → $63,838 (+27.5%)	$88,750 → $89,500 (+0.8%)
Median home value	$210,300 → $243,300 (+15.7%)	$149,200 → $184,500 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$811 → $958 (+18.1%)	$890 → $1,136 (+27.6%)

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

Manvel

Population

330413

Median household income

$88,750$89,500

Median home value

$149,200$184,500

Median gross rent

$890$1,136

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Forks	Manvel
Under 5	6.0%	7.7%
5 to 17	13.5%	26.2%
18 to 24	22.4%	1.2%
25 to 34	16.4%	16.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	8.5%
45 to 54	7.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.0%	9.9%
75 and over	5.6%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Forks	Manvel
White (non-Hispanic)	80.6%	96.9%
Black or African American	4.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	0.0%
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%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Forks	Manvel
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.9%
High school graduate	20.4%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	36.1%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.1%	24.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Forks	Manvel
Drove alone	80.3%	90.7%
Carpooled	7.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	2.8%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Forks	Manvel
1-unit, detached	37.9%	97.4%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	27.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.9%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Grand Forks	Manvel
Poverty rate	16.3%	2.2%
Average household size	2.11	2.72
Mean commute (minutes)	15	21
Median year structure built	1983	1972