Gackle vs Napoleon

A side-by-side comparison of Gackle and Napoleon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Napoleon has the higher population (768 vs 287 in Gackle). Napoleon has the higher median household income ($68,068 vs $60,000 in Gackle). Gackle has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $85,000 in Napoleon).

Population, income & housing

	Gackle	Napoleon
Population	287	768
Median age	48.9 yrs	48.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,000	$68,068
Median home value	$103,100	$85,000
Median gross rent	$517	$850
Housing units	190	418
Homeownership rate	86.5%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.1%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gackle	Napoleon
Population	285 → 287 (+0.7%)	850 → 768 (-9.6%)
Median household income	$50,893 → $60,000 (+17.9%)	$58,438 → $68,068 (+16.5%)
Median home value	$54,500 → $103,100 (+89.2%)	$94,300 → $85,000 (-9.9%)
Median gross rent	$500 → $517 (+3.4%)	$775 → $850 (+9.7%)

Gackle

Population

285287

Median household income

$50,893$60,000

Median home value

$54,500$103,100

Median gross rent

$500$517

Napoleon

Population

850768

Median household income

$58,438$68,068

Median home value

$94,300$85,000

Median gross rent

$775$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Gackle	Napoleon
Under 5	8.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	8.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.5%
35 to 44	3.8%	6.4%
45 to 54	8.7%	8.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.2%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.0%
75 and over	20.9%	17.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gackle	Napoleon
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.0%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gackle	Napoleon
No high school diploma	17.0%	14.5%
High school graduate	35.1%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gackle	Napoleon
Drove alone	49.0%	73.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.4%	3.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	3.3%
Other means	2.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gackle	Napoleon
1-unit, detached	91.6%	92.1%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	6.3%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Gackle	Napoleon
Poverty rate	20.0%	14.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	21	11
Median year structure built	1954	1963