Fort Ransom vs Lisbon

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Ransom and Lisbon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lisbon has the higher population (2,262 vs 112 in Fort Ransom). Fort Ransom has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $61,953 in Lisbon). Fort Ransom has the higher median home value ($212,500 vs $185,700 in Lisbon).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
Population	112	2,262
Median age	39.0 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$78,750	$61,953
Median home value	$212,500	$185,700
Median gross rent	—	$671
Housing units	57	988
Homeownership rate	80.4%	63.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
Population	116 → 112 (-3.4%)	2,009 → 2,262 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$62,500 → $78,750 (+26.0%)	$63,984 → $61,953 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$114,300 → $212,500 (+85.9%)	$117,700 → $185,700 (+57.8%)
Median gross rent	$285 → $633 (+122.1%)	$585 → $671 (+14.7%)

Fort Ransom

Population

116112

Median household income

$62,500$78,750

Median home value

$114,300$212,500

Median gross rent

$285$633

Lisbon

Population

2,0092,262

Median household income

$63,984$61,953

Median home value

$117,700$185,700

Median gross rent

$585$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
Under 5	4.5%	4.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	19.1%
18 to 24	14.3%	7.1%
25 to 34	8.9%	11.1%
35 to 44	11.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	3.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	25.0%	12.5%
75 and over	2.7%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
White (non-Hispanic)	98.2%	91.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
No high school diploma	5.5%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.6%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	39.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.5%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
Drove alone	83.7%	81.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.3%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
1-unit, detached	86.0%	65.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.9%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	22.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Fort Ransom	Lisbon
Poverty rate	4.5%	14.1%
Average household size	2.43	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	30	16
Median year structure built	1975	1964