Cogswell vs Gwinner

A side-by-side comparison of Cogswell and Gwinner: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Gwinner has the higher population (877 vs 114 in Cogswell). Gwinner has the higher median household income ($66,071 vs $60,938 in Cogswell). Gwinner has the higher median home value ($151,900 vs $45,300 in Cogswell).

Population, income & housing

	Cogswell	Gwinner
Population	114	877
Median age	57.6 yrs	30.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$66,071
Median home value	$45,300	$151,900
Median gross rent	$517	$912
Housing units	73	425
Homeownership rate	65.5%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cogswell	Gwinner
Population	55 → 114 (+107.3%)	1,081 → 877 (-18.9%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $60,938 (+27.2%)	$73,359 → $66,071 (-9.9%)
Median home value	$23,800 → $45,300 (+90.3%)	$115,800 → $151,900 (+31.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$717 → $912 (+27.2%)

Cogswell

Population

55114

Median household income

$47,917$60,938

Median home value

$23,800$45,300

Gwinner

Population

1,081877

Median household income

$73,359$66,071

Median home value

$115,800$151,900

Median gross rent

$717$912

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cogswell	Gwinner
Under 5	0.0%	7.5%
5 to 17	17.5%	19.0%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.2%
25 to 34	4.4%	20.1%
35 to 44	5.3%	7.9%
45 to 54	7.0%	12.1%
55 to 64	28.9%	10.4%
65 to 74	24.6%	7.1%
75 and over	4.4%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cogswell	Gwinner
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	81.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	10.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cogswell	Gwinner
No high school diploma	22.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	47.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cogswell	Gwinner
Drove alone	86.7%	61.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	27.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	6.7%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cogswell	Gwinner
1-unit, detached	67.1%	49.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	14.1%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Cogswell	Gwinner
Poverty rate	3.5%	10.1%
Average household size	1.97	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	29	8
Median year structure built	1967	1991