Belfield vs Dickinson

A side-by-side comparison of Belfield and Dickinson: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dickinson has the higher population (25,216 vs 618 in Belfield). Dickinson has the higher median household income ($76,964 vs $46,417 in Belfield). Dickinson has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $185,000 in Belfield).

Population, income & housing

	Belfield	Dickinson
Population	618	25,216
Median age	41.2 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,417	$76,964
Median home value	$185,000	$252,400
Median gross rent	$675	$963
Housing units	495	11,898
Homeownership rate	81.9%	58.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfield	Dickinson
Population	955 → 618 (-35.3%)	22,882 → 25,216 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$67,976 → $46,417 (-31.7%)	$68,718 → $76,964 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $185,000 (+28.7%)	$238,000 → $252,400 (+6.1%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $675 (-24.9%)	$917 → $963 (+5.0%)

Belfield

Population

955618

Median household income

$67,976$46,417

Median home value

$143,800$185,000

Median gross rent

$899$675

Dickinson

Population

22,88225,216

Median household income

$68,718$76,964

Median home value

$238,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$917$963

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfield	Dickinson
Under 5	8.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.6%
18 to 24	2.8%	9.3%
25 to 34	11.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	17.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.9%
65 to 74	18.0%	5.9%
75 and over	12.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfield	Dickinson
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	83.0%
Black or African American	1.3%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfield	Dickinson
No high school diploma	6.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	50.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	33.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfield	Dickinson
Drove alone	70.8%	82.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	4.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.6%	4.8%
Other means	5.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfield	Dickinson
1-unit, detached	64.6%	51.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	18.6%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Belfield	Dickinson
Poverty rate	17.6%	11.8%
Average household size	1.93	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	24	18
Median year structure built	1978	1988