Dahlen vs Michigan City

A side-by-side comparison of Dahlen and Michigan City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Michigan City has the higher population (278 vs 25 in Dahlen). Since 2019, Dahlen's population has grown faster (+177.8% vs +50.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Dahlen	Michigan City
Population	25	278
Median age	53.1 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$80,500
Median home value	—	$89,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,044
Housing units	9	143
Homeownership rate	100.0%	71.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.4%	35.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dahlen	Michigan City
Population	9 → 25 (+177.8%)	185 → 278 (+50.3%)
Median household income	—	$57,500 → $80,500 (+40.0%)
Median home value	—	$72,500 → $89,000 (+22.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$488 → $1,044 (+113.9%)

Dahlen

Population

925

Michigan City

Population

185278

Median household income

$57,500$80,500

Median home value

$72,500$89,000

Median gross rent

$488$1,044

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dahlen	Michigan City
Under 5	0.0%	0.7%
5 to 17	24.0%	12.6%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	14.4%
45 to 54	44.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	32.0%	28.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	10.1%
75 and over	0.0%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dahlen	Michigan City
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	86.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dahlen	Michigan City
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.1%
High school graduate	42.1%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	10.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	47.4%	13.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	22.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dahlen	Michigan City
Drove alone	0.0%	86.0%
Carpooled	42.9%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	57.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dahlen	Michigan City
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Dahlen	Michigan City
Poverty rate	0.0%	3.2%
Average household size	2.78	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	—	1953