Belcourt vs Rolla

A side-by-side comparison of Belcourt and Rolla: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Belcourt has the higher population (1,739 vs 1,164 in Rolla). Belcourt has the higher median household income ($64,526 vs $52,841 in Rolla). Rolla has the higher median home value ($121,500 vs $94,300 in Belcourt).

Population, income & housing

	Belcourt	Rolla
Population	1,739	1,164
Median age	29.9 yrs	33.9 yrs
Median household income	$64,526	$52,841
Median home value	$94,300	$121,500
Median gross rent	$843	$695
Housing units	675	466
Homeownership rate	39.6%	55.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	23.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belcourt	Rolla
Population	2,270 → 1,739 (-23.4%)	1,299 → 1,164 (-10.4%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $64,526 (+106.9%)	$55,000 → $52,841 (-3.9%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $94,300 (+8.6%)	$99,200 → $121,500 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$350 → $843 (+140.9%)	$602 → $695 (+15.4%)

Belcourt

Population

2,2701,739

Median household income

$31,184$64,526

Median home value

$86,800$94,300

Median gross rent

$350$843

Rolla

Population

1,2991,164

Median household income

$55,000$52,841

Median home value

$99,200$121,500

Median gross rent

$602$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belcourt	Rolla
Under 5	7.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	33.9%	27.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.0%
35 to 44	14.1%	13.7%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.2%
55 to 64	7.4%	8.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	8.9%
75 and over	5.6%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belcourt	Rolla
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	40.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.2%	44.1%
Asian	1.2%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belcourt	Rolla
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.0%
High school graduate	21.8%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belcourt	Rolla
Drove alone	57.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	27.8%	12.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	5.9%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	0.9%
Other means	0.0%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belcourt	Rolla
1-unit, detached	64.0%	61.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	12.7%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Belcourt	Rolla
Poverty rate	29.5%	21.3%
Average household size	3.29	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	10	10
Median year structure built	1978	1974