Porcupine vs Solen

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

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

Porcupine has the higher population (136 vs 85 in Solen). Porcupine has the higher median household income ($80,417 vs $26,250 in Solen). Since 2019, Solen's population has grown faster (-4.5% vs -44.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Porcupine	Solen
Population	136	85
Median age	16.7 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,417	$26,250
Median home value	—	$20,800
Median gross rent	$771	—
Housing units	48	33
Homeownership rate	36.1%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	2.1%
Unemployment rate	24.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Porcupine	Solen
Population	247 → 136 (-44.9%)	89 → 85 (-4.5%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $80,417 (+73.9%)	$22,083 → $26,250 (+18.9%)
Median home value	—	$20,400 → $20,800 (+2.0%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $771 (+16.3%)	—

Porcupine

Population

247136

Median household income

$46,250$80,417

Median gross rent

$663$771

Solen

Population

8985

Median household income

$22,083$26,250

Median home value

$20,400$20,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Porcupine	Solen
Under 5	3.7%	9.4%
5 to 17	51.5%	29.4%
18 to 24	8.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	0.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	17.6%	11.8%
45 to 54	18.4%	10.6%
55 to 64	0.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.9%
75 and over	0.0%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Porcupine	Solen
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	15.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	91.9%	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	5.1%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Porcupine	Solen
No high school diploma	20.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	42.9%	61.7%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	25.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Porcupine	Solen
Drove alone	56.8%	38.5%
Carpooled	43.2%	53.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	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)

	Porcupine	Solen
1-unit, detached	93.8%	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	6.3%	33.3%

Poverty & households

	Porcupine	Solen
Poverty rate	10.3%	65.9%
Average household size	3.78	3.54
Mean commute (minutes)	46	—
Median year structure built	1988	1949