Four Bears Village vs Watford City

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

Four Bears Village 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 200 in Four Bears Village). Since 2019, Watford City's population has grown faster (-13.0% vs -35.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
Population	200	6,016
Median age	48.5 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$88,351
Median home value	—	$385,100
Median gross rent	$624	$1,210
Housing units	191	3,683
Homeownership rate	13.2%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
Population	309 → 200 (-35.3%)	6,912 → 6,016 (-13.0%)
Median household income	$46,042 → $28,409 (-38.3%)	$74,797 → $88,351 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$130,400 → $82,500 (-36.7%)	$236,400 → $385,100 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$340 → $624 (+83.5%)	$1,143 → $1,210 (+5.9%)

Four Bears Village

Population

309200

Median household income

$46,042$28,409

Median home value

$130,400$82,500

Median gross rent

$340$624

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)

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
Under 5	9.0%	8.1%
5 to 17	0.0%	20.1%
18 to 24	11.0%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	32.2%
35 to 44	0.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	30.0%	10.2%
55 to 64	34.5%	3.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	3.8%
75 and over	0.5%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	67.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	79.0%	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	0.5%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	22.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.5%
High school graduate	45.0%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	55.0%	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)

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
Drove alone	78.8%	78.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	21.2%	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)

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
1-unit, detached	75.9%	27.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	10.0%
20 or more units	3.7%	46.1%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Four Bears Village	Watford City
Poverty rate	35.5%	7.9%
Average household size	1.39	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1977	2013