Dunseith vs Shell Valley

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

Dunseith 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.

Shell Valley has the higher population (1,112 vs 853 in Dunseith). Dunseith has the higher median household income ($51,004 vs $43,281 in Shell Valley). Shell Valley has the higher median home value ($55,200 vs $49,300 in Dunseith).

Population, income & housing

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
Population	853	1,112
Median age	36.3 yrs	27.5 yrs
Median household income	$51,004	$43,281
Median home value	$49,300	$55,200
Median gross rent	$517	$377
Housing units	334	382
Homeownership rate	37.2%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.6%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
Population	692 → 853 (+23.3%)	1,174 → 1,112 (-5.3%)
Median household income	$50,074 → $51,004 (+1.9%)	$35,438 → $43,281 (+22.1%)
Median home value	$54,200 → $49,300 (-9.0%)	$67,300 → $55,200 (-18.0%)
Median gross rent	$428 → $517 (+20.8%)	$294 → $377 (+28.2%)

Dunseith

Population

692853

Median household income

$50,074$51,004

Median home value

$54,200$49,300

Median gross rent

$428$517

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)

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
Under 5	7.2%	11.5%
5 to 17	25.6%	23.5%
18 to 24	4.9%	6.3%
25 to 34	6.2%	22.3%
35 to 44	29.0%	9.0%
45 to 54	3.4%	8.5%
55 to 64	3.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	12.2%	2.5%
75 and over	7.9%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	22.2%	0.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	74.2%	99.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
No high school diploma	13.2%	36.4%
High school graduate	32.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
Drove alone	76.7%	67.8%
Carpooled	14.0%	29.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
1-unit, detached	79.0%	49.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	12.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	42.9%

Poverty & households

	Dunseith	Shell Valley
Poverty rate	15.5%	27.9%
Average household size	3.09	3.23
Mean commute (minutes)	20	14
Median year structure built	1968	1987