Belfield vs Richardton

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

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

Richardton has the higher population (761 vs 618 in Belfield). Richardton has the higher median household income ($69,844 vs $46,417 in Belfield). Richardton has the higher median home value ($188,900 vs $185,000 in Belfield).

Population, income & housing

	Belfield	Richardton
Population	618	761
Median age	41.2 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$46,417	$69,844
Median home value	$185,000	$188,900
Median gross rent	$675	$576
Housing units	495	378
Homeownership rate	81.9%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.4%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Belfield	Richardton
Population	955 → 618 (-35.3%)	851 → 761 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$67,976 → $46,417 (-31.7%)	$80,625 → $69,844 (-13.4%)
Median home value	$143,800 → $185,000 (+28.7%)	$177,300 → $188,900 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$899 → $675 (-24.9%)	$538 → $576 (+7.1%)

Belfield

Population

955618

Median household income

$67,976$46,417

Median home value

$143,800$185,000

Median gross rent

$899$675

Richardton

Population

851761

Median household income

$80,625$69,844

Median home value

$177,300$188,900

Median gross rent

$538$576

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Belfield	Richardton
Under 5	8.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	10.4%	23.7%
18 to 24	2.8%	3.4%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.3%
35 to 44	17.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.9%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.5%
65 to 74	18.0%	10.5%
75 and over	12.0%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Belfield	Richardton
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Belfield	Richardton
No high school diploma	6.0%	16.9%
High school graduate	50.5%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Belfield	Richardton
Drove alone	70.8%	83.2%
Carpooled	11.2%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	6.7%
Other means	5.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Belfield	Richardton
1-unit, detached	64.6%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Belfield	Richardton
Poverty rate	17.6%	9.6%
Average household size	1.93	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	24	20
Median year structure built	1978	1970