Upham vs Voltaire

A side-by-side comparison of Upham and Voltaire: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Upham has the higher population (165 vs 49 in Voltaire). Voltaire has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $35,000 in Upham). Since 2019, Voltaire's population has grown faster (+44.1% vs -6.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Upham	Voltaire
Population	165	49
Median age	46.6 yrs	53.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,500	—
Median home value	$35,000	$212,500
Housing units	107	31
Homeownership rate	76.9%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	2.6%
Unemployment rate	27.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Upham	Voltaire
Population	177 → 165 (-6.8%)	34 → 49 (+44.1%)
Median household income	$51,719 → $52,500 (+1.5%)	—
Median home value	$32,500 → $35,000 (+7.7%)	$137,500 → $212,500 (+54.5%)
Median gross rent	$850 → $1,375 (+61.8%)	—

Upham

Population

177165

Median household income

$51,719$52,500

Median home value

$32,500$35,000

Median gross rent

$850$1,375

Voltaire

Population

3449

Median home value

$137,500$212,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Upham	Voltaire
Under 5	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 17	21.2%	14.3%
18 to 24	4.2%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.5%	4.1%
35 to 44	3.0%	8.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.9%	20.4%
65 to 74	9.7%	4.1%
75 and over	16.4%	24.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Upham	Voltaire
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Upham	Voltaire
No high school diploma	18.9%	34.2%
High school graduate	29.7%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	21.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.5%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Upham	Voltaire
Drove alone	80.5%	90.9%
Carpooled	9.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.3%	9.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Upham	Voltaire
1-unit, detached	80.4%	96.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Upham	Voltaire
Poverty rate	37.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.12	1.81
Mean commute (minutes)	29	46
Median year structure built	1955	1975