Belcourt vs Shell Valley

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

Belcourt and Shell Valley 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 1,112 in Shell Valley). Belcourt has the higher median household income ($64,526 vs $43,281 in Shell Valley). Belcourt has the higher median home value ($94,300 vs $55,200 in Shell Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
Population	1,739	1,112
Median age	29.9 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$64,526	$43,281
Median home value	$94,300	$55,200
Median gross rent	$843	$377
Housing units	675	382
Homeownership rate	39.6%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
Population	2,270 → 1,739 (-23.4%)	1,174 → 1,112 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$31,184 → $64,526 (+106.9%)	$35,438 → $43,281 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$86,800 → $94,300 (+8.6%)	$67,300 → $55,200 (-18.0%)
Median gross rent	$350 → $843 (+140.9%)	$294 → $377 (+28.2%)

Belcourt

Population

2,2701,739

Median household income

$31,184$64,526

Median home value

$86,800$94,300

Median gross rent

$350$843

Shell Valley

Population

1,1741,112

Median household income

$35,438$43,281

Median home value

$67,300$55,200

Median gross rent

$294$377

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
Under 5	7.0%	11.5%
5 to 17	33.9%	23.5%
18 to 24	5.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	22.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	7.9%	8.5%
55 to 64	7.4%	15.2%
65 to 74	7.1%	2.5%
75 and over	5.6%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	3.5%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	94.2%	99.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
No high school diploma	14.7%	36.4%
High school graduate	21.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	40.4%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.4%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
Drove alone	57.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	27.8%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
1-unit, detached	64.0%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	2.4%
20 or more units	4.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.0%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Belcourt	Shell Valley
Poverty rate	29.5%	27.9%
Average household size	3.29	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	10	14
Median year structure built	1978	1987