Buchanan vs Kensal

A side-by-side comparison of Buchanan and Kensal: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kensal has the higher population (229 vs 92 in Buchanan). Buchanan has the higher median household income ($105,357 vs $80,000 in Kensal). Buchanan has the higher median home value ($225,000 vs $90,000 in Kensal).

Population, income & housing

	Buchanan	Kensal
Population	92	229
Median age	48.5 yrs	33.0 yrs
Median household income	$105,357	$80,000
Median home value	$225,000	$90,000
Housing units	38	65
Homeownership rate	100.0%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buchanan	Kensal
Population	61 → 92 (+50.8%)	217 → 229 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$97,083 → $105,357 (+8.5%)	$50,179 → $80,000 (+59.4%)
Median home value	$137,500 → $225,000 (+63.6%)	$54,200 → $90,000 (+66.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$850 → $856 (+0.7%)

Buchanan

Population

6192

Median household income

$97,083$105,357

Median home value

$137,500$225,000

Kensal

Population

217229

Median household income

$50,179$80,000

Median home value

$54,200$90,000

Median gross rent

$850$856

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buchanan	Kensal
Under 5	8.7%	21.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.4%
18 to 24	1.1%	0.4%
25 to 34	19.6%	20.5%
35 to 44	1.1%	16.6%
45 to 54	21.7%	4.8%
55 to 64	21.7%	5.7%
65 to 74	7.6%	9.6%
75 and over	0.0%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buchanan	Kensal
White (non-Hispanic)	92.4%	88.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buchanan	Kensal
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.0%
High school graduate	27.3%	25.9%
Some college or associate's	42.4%	44.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	24.5%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	2.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buchanan	Kensal
Drove alone	78.1%	95.1%
Carpooled	14.1%	4.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	7.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buchanan	Kensal
1-unit, detached	97.4%	92.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	6.2%

Poverty & households

	Buchanan	Kensal
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.42	3.95
Mean commute (minutes)	17	25
Median year structure built	1954	1949