Cogswell vs Milnor

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

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

Milnor has the higher population (638 vs 114 in Cogswell). Milnor has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $60,938 in Cogswell). Milnor has the higher median home value ($142,600 vs $45,300 in Cogswell).

Population, income & housing

	Cogswell	Milnor
Population	114	638
Median age	57.6 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$60,938	$80,417
Median home value	$45,300	$142,600
Median gross rent	$517	$638
Housing units	73	333
Homeownership rate	65.5%	82.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.4%	22.6%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cogswell	Milnor
Population	55 → 114 (+107.3%)	754 → 638 (-15.4%)
Median household income	$47,917 → $60,938 (+27.2%)	$58,482 → $80,417 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$23,800 → $45,300 (+90.3%)	$102,200 → $142,600 (+39.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$767 → $638 (-16.8%)

Cogswell

Population

55114

Median household income

$47,917$60,938

Median home value

$23,800$45,300

Milnor

Population

754638

Median household income

$58,482$80,417

Median home value

$102,200$142,600

Median gross rent

$767$638

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cogswell	Milnor
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.9%	4.4%
25 to 34	4.4%	15.0%
35 to 44	5.3%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.0%	11.8%
55 to 64	28.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	24.6%	13.3%
75 and over	4.4%	7.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cogswell	Milnor
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	97.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.9%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cogswell	Milnor
No high school diploma	22.4%	6.1%
High school graduate	47.1%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	28.2%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cogswell	Milnor
Drove alone	86.7%	84.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	6.7%	0.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cogswell	Milnor
1-unit, detached	67.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	10.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	24.7%	5.7%

Poverty & households

	Cogswell	Milnor
Poverty rate	3.5%	3.4%
Average household size	1.97	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	29	18
Median year structure built	1967	1972