Arnegard vs Watford City

A side-by-side comparison of Arnegard and Watford City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Watford City has the higher population (6,016 vs 167 in Arnegard). Watford City has the higher median home value ($385,100 vs $274,000 in Arnegard). Since 2019, Arnegard's population has grown faster (+187.9% vs -13.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Arnegard	Watford City
Population	167	6,016
Median age	56.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,351
Median home value	$274,000	$385,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,210
Housing units	124	3,683
Homeownership rate	71.6%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arnegard	Watford City
Population	58 → 167 (+187.9%)	6,912 → 6,016 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$58,750 → $111,313 (+89.5%)	$74,797 → $88,351 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $274,000 (+139.7%)	$236,400 → $385,100 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,143 → $1,210 (+5.9%)

Arnegard

Population

58167

Median household income

$58,750$111,313

Median home value

$114,300$274,000

Watford City

Population

6,9126,016

Median household income

$74,797$88,351

Median home value

$236,400$385,100

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,210

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arnegard	Watford City
Under 5	15.6%	8.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	13.8%	7.1%
25 to 34	3.6%	32.2%
35 to 44	2.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	4.2%	10.2%
55 to 64	47.9%	3.9%
65 to 74	3.0%	3.8%
75 and over	9.6%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arnegard	Watford City
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.2%	3.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arnegard	Watford City
No high school diploma	5.9%	7.5%
High school graduate	38.1%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	55.9%	41.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arnegard	Watford City
Drove alone	88.5%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.1%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arnegard	Watford City
1-unit, detached	69.4%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	46.1%
Mobile home & other	23.4%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Arnegard	Watford City
Poverty rate	24.6%	7.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1984	2013