Elgin vs Raleigh

A side-by-side comparison of Elgin and Raleigh: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Elgin has the higher population (654 vs 9 in Raleigh). Raleigh has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $40,000 in Elgin). Elgin has the higher median home value ($111,400 vs $9,999 in Raleigh).

Population, income & housing

	Elgin	Raleigh
Population	654	9
Median age	42.3 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$40,000	$103,750
Median home value	$111,400	$9,999
Median gross rent	$649	—
Housing units	375	8
Homeownership rate	68.6%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	9.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elgin	Raleigh
Population	677 → 654 (-3.4%)	10 → 9 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$48,500 → $40,000 (-17.5%)	$104,167 → $103,750 (-0.4%)
Median home value	$68,300 → $111,400 (+63.1%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$548 → $649 (+18.4%)	—

Elgin

Population

677654

Median household income

$48,500$40,000

Median home value

$68,300$111,400

Median gross rent

$548$649

Raleigh

Population

109

Median household income

$104,167$103,750

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elgin	Raleigh
Under 5	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.7%	0.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.3%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	0.0%
45 to 54	9.5%	77.8%
55 to 64	6.9%	0.0%
65 to 74	16.4%	22.2%
75 and over	15.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elgin	Raleigh
White (non-Hispanic)	90.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elgin	Raleigh
No high school diploma	14.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.0%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree	20.1%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elgin	Raleigh
Drove alone	67.5%	100.0%
Carpooled	18.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elgin	Raleigh
1-unit, detached	74.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elgin	Raleigh
Poverty rate	24.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.01	1.13
Mean commute (minutes)	12	—
Median year structure built	1953	1942