Gladstone vs Richardton

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

Gladstone 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 240 in Gladstone). Gladstone has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $69,844 in Richardton). Gladstone has the higher median home value ($200,900 vs $188,900 in Richardton).

Population, income & housing

	Gladstone	Richardton
Population	240	761
Median age	36.9 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$69,844
Median home value	$200,900	$188,900
Median gross rent	$850	$576
Housing units	147	378
Homeownership rate	93.5%	86.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.7%	22.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gladstone	Richardton
Population	334 → 240 (-28.1%)	851 → 761 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$52,500 → $105,000 (+100.0%)	$80,625 → $69,844 (-13.4%)
Median home value	$177,900 → $200,900 (+12.9%)	$177,300 → $188,900 (+6.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,369 → $850 (-37.9%)	$538 → $576 (+7.1%)

Gladstone

Population

334240

Median household income

$52,500$105,000

Median home value

$177,900$200,900

Median gross rent

$1,369$850

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)

	Gladstone	Richardton
Under 5	10.4%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.3%	23.7%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.4%
25 to 34	21.3%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	19.6%	10.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	17.5%
65 to 74	4.6%	10.5%
75 and over	3.3%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gladstone	Richardton
White (non-Hispanic)	88.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	2.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	4.6%	1.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gladstone	Richardton
No high school diploma	7.3%	16.9%
High school graduate	43.8%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.1%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gladstone	Richardton
Drove alone	80.6%	83.2%
Carpooled	3.0%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	6.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gladstone	Richardton
1-unit, detached	73.5%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.1%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Gladstone	Richardton
Poverty rate	11.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.22	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	20
Median year structure built	1986	1970