Plaza vs Stanley

A side-by-side comparison of Plaza and Stanley: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Stanley has the higher population (2,089 vs 314 in Plaza). Stanley has the higher median household income ($105,893 vs $81,875 in Plaza). Stanley has the higher median home value ($241,300 vs $202,500 in Plaza).

Population, income & housing

	Plaza	Stanley
Population	314	2,089
Median age	36.7 yrs	36.3 yrs
Median household income	$81,875	$105,893
Median home value	$202,500	$241,300
Median gross rent	$1,063	$1,120
Housing units	159	1,138
Homeownership rate	77.2%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	23.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plaza	Stanley
Population	186 → 314 (+68.8%)	2,655 → 2,089 (-21.3%)
Median household income	$63,333 → $81,875 (+29.3%)	$74,200 → $105,893 (+42.7%)
Median home value	$108,300 → $202,500 (+87.0%)	$178,400 → $241,300 (+35.3%)
Median gross rent	$825 → $1,063 (+28.8%)	$903 → $1,120 (+24.0%)

Plaza

Population

186314

Median household income

$63,333$81,875

Median home value

$108,300$202,500

Median gross rent

$825$1,063

Stanley

Population

2,6552,089

Median household income

$74,200$105,893

Median home value

$178,400$241,300

Median gross rent

$903$1,120

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plaza	Stanley
Under 5	4.5%	8.1%
5 to 17	25.5%	13.6%
18 to 24	3.8%	10.2%
25 to 34	13.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	19.4%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	7.3%	13.7%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.9%
75 and over	2.9%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plaza	Stanley
White (non-Hispanic)	76.1%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	4.1%
Asian	3.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	20.1%	13.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plaza	Stanley
No high school diploma	3.4%	11.1%
High school graduate	25.5%	33.4%
Some college or associate's	53.8%	32.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plaza	Stanley
Drove alone	59.3%	78.2%
Carpooled	35.7%	14.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.0%	5.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plaza	Stanley
1-unit, detached	81.8%	52.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	15.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	9.9%
5 to 19 units	7.5%	8.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	10.7%	6.6%

Poverty & households

	Plaza	Stanley
Poverty rate	6.7%	8.8%
Average household size	2.31	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1957	1984