Dickinson vs Gladstone

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

Dickinson and Gladstone 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 240 in Gladstone). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $76,964 in Dickinson). Dickinson has the higher median home value ($252,400 vs $200,900 in Gladstone).

Population, income & housing

	Dickinson	Gladstone
Population	25,216	240
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$76,964	$105,000
Median home value	$252,400	$200,900
Median gross rent	$963	$850
Housing units	11,898	147
Homeownership rate	58.2%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickinson	Gladstone
Population	22,882 → 25,216 (+10.2%)	334 → 240 (-28.1%)
Median household income	$68,718 → $76,964 (+12.0%)	$52,500 → $105,000 (+100.0%)
Median home value	$238,000 → $252,400 (+6.1%)	$177,900 → $200,900 (+12.9%)
Median gross rent	$917 → $963 (+5.0%)	$1,369 → $850 (-37.9%)

Dickinson

Population

22,88225,216

Median household income

$68,718$76,964

Median home value

$238,000$252,400

Median gross rent

$917$963

Gladstone

Population

334240

Median household income

$52,500$105,000

Median home value

$177,900$200,900

Median gross rent

$1,369$850

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickinson	Gladstone
Under 5	8.3%	10.4%
5 to 17	18.6%	11.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	17.1%	21.3%
35 to 44	13.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.2%	19.6%
55 to 64	10.9%	15.0%
65 to 74	5.9%	4.6%
75 and over	6.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickinson	Gladstone
White (non-Hispanic)	83.0%	88.8%
Black or African American	3.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	4.6%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickinson	Gladstone
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.3%
High school graduate	30.1%	43.8%
Some college or associate's	33.1%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	5.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickinson	Gladstone
Drove alone	82.2%	80.6%
Carpooled	10.8%	3.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	16.4%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickinson	Gladstone
1-unit, detached	51.7%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	12.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	18.6%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Dickinson	Gladstone
Poverty rate	11.8%	11.3%
Average household size	2.38	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	33
Median year structure built	1988	1986