Fort Yates vs Solen

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

Fort Yates and Solen 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 85 in Solen). Fort Yates has the higher median household income ($75,833 vs $26,250 in Solen). Fort Yates has the higher median home value ($65,000 vs $20,800 in Solen).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Yates	Solen
Population	142	85
Median age	42.0 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$75,833	$26,250
Median home value	$65,000	$20,800
Housing units	59	33
Homeownership rate	76.9%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	15.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Yates	Solen
Population	188 → 142 (-24.5%)	89 → 85 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$39,375 → $75,833 (+92.6%)	$22,083 → $26,250 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$36,700 → $65,000 (+77.1%)	$20,400 → $20,800 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $950 (+58.3%)	—

Fort Yates

Population

188142

Median household income

$39,375$75,833

Median home value

$36,700$65,000

Median gross rent

$600$950

Solen

Population

8985

Median household income

$22,083$26,250

Median home value

$20,400$20,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fort Yates	Solen
Under 5	2.8%	9.4%
5 to 17	21.1%	29.4%
18 to 24	15.5%	5.9%
25 to 34	4.9%	9.4%
35 to 44	10.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	27.5%	10.6%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	6.3%	5.9%
75 and over	2.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Yates	Solen
White (non-Hispanic)	7.0%	15.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	85.9%	80.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Yates	Solen
No high school diploma	2.3%	10.6%
High school graduate	22.1%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	44.2%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Yates	Solen
Drove alone	81.3%	38.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	53.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.4%	7.7%
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	Solen
1-unit, detached	74.6%	66.7%
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%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Yates	Solen
Poverty rate	26.8%	65.9%
Average household size	2.73	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	13	—
Median year structure built	1971	1949