Fairdale vs Lankin

A side-by-side comparison of Fairdale and Lankin: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lankin has the higher population (113 vs 23 in Fairdale). Lankin has the higher median household income ($63,438 vs $28,125 in Fairdale). Lankin has the higher median home value ($71,000 vs $18,800 in Fairdale).

Population, income & housing

	Fairdale	Lankin
Population	23	113
Median age	64.5 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$28,125	$63,438
Median home value	$18,800	$71,000
Housing units	22	72
Homeownership rate	100.0%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.7%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	28.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairdale	Lankin
Population	40 → 23 (-42.5%)	90 → 113 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$28,750 → $28,125 (-2.2%)	$42,000 → $63,438 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$27,500 → $18,800 (-31.6%)	$52,500 → $71,000 (+35.2%)

Fairdale

Population

4023

Median household income

$28,750$28,125

Median home value

$27,500$18,800

Lankin

Population

90113

Median household income

$42,000$63,438

Median home value

$52,500$71,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairdale	Lankin
Under 5	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	12.4%
18 to 24	0.0%	21.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	1.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	7.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	56.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	30.4%	16.8%
75 and over	13.0%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairdale	Lankin
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairdale	Lankin
No high school diploma	8.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	34.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	47.8%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairdale	Lankin
Drove alone	40.0%	74.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.0%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	40.0%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairdale	Lankin
1-unit, detached	90.9%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.1%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Fairdale	Lankin
Poverty rate	39.1%	26.5%
Average household size	2.09	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	—	17
Median year structure built	1938	1938