Fort Yates vs Porcupine

A side-by-side comparison of Fort Yates and Porcupine: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Fort Yates has the higher population (142 vs 136 in Porcupine). Porcupine has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $75,833 in Fort Yates). Since 2019, Fort Yates's population has grown faster (-24.5% vs -44.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
Population	142	136
Median age	42.0 yrs	16.7 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$80,417
Median home value	$65,000	—
Median gross rent	—	$771
Housing units	59	48
Homeownership rate	76.9%	36.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	24.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
Population	188 → 142 (-24.5%)	247 → 136 (-44.9%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $75,833 (+92.6%)	$46,250 → $80,417 (+73.9%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $65,000 (+77.1%)	—
Median gross rent	$600 → $950 (+58.3%)	$663 → $771 (+16.3%)

Fort Yates

Population

188142

Median household income

$39,375$75,833

Median home value

$36,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$600$950

Porcupine

Population

247136

Median household income

$46,250$80,417

Median gross rent

$663$771

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
Under 5	2.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	21.1%	51.5%
18 to 24	15.5%	8.8%
25 to 34	4.9%	0.0%
35 to 44	10.6%	17.6%
45 to 54	27.5%	18.4%
55 to 64	8.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	6.3%	0.0%
75 and over	2.8%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
White (non-Hispanic)	7.0%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	85.9%	91.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
No high school diploma	2.3%	20.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	42.9%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	36.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
Drove alone	81.3%	56.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	43.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
1-unit, detached	74.6%	93.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	25.4%	6.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Yates	Porcupine
Poverty rate	26.8%	10.3%
Average household size	2.73	3.78
Mean commute (minutes)	13	46
Median year structure built	1971	1988