Neche vs Pembina

A side-by-side comparison of Neche and Pembina: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pembina has the higher population (583 vs 355 in Neche). Pembina has the higher median household income ($88,523 vs $80,625 in Neche). Pembina has the higher median home value ($133,700 vs $87,100 in Neche).

Population, income & housing

	Neche	Pembina
Population	355	583
Median age	37.3 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$80,625	$88,523
Median home value	$87,100	$133,700
Median gross rent	—	$675
Housing units	135	239
Homeownership rate	90.6%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.6%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neche	Pembina
Population	338 → 355 (+5.0%)	485 → 583 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $80,625 (+12.2%)	$62,125 → $88,523 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$95,000 → $87,100 (-8.3%)	$104,900 → $133,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$563 → $675 (+19.9%)

Neche

Population

338355

Median household income

$71,875$80,625

Median home value

$95,000$87,100

Pembina

Population

485583

Median household income

$62,125$88,523

Median home value

$104,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$563$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neche	Pembina
Under 5	10.4%	10.1%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	10.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	5.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	12.2%
55 to 64	16.3%	11.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	12.3%
75 and over	4.5%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neche	Pembina
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	84.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neche	Pembina
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.2%
High school graduate	38.3%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neche	Pembina
Drove alone	64.2%	86.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	6.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neche	Pembina
1-unit, detached	90.4%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.6%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Neche	Pembina
Poverty rate	11.8%	7.9%
Average household size	3.03	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	20	9
Median year structure built	1967	1970