Fordville vs Grafton

A side-by-side comparison of Fordville and Grafton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grafton has the higher population (4,128 vs 216 in Fordville). Fordville has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $60,184 in Grafton). Grafton has the higher median home value ($153,800 vs $80,000 in Fordville).

Population, income & housing

	Fordville	Grafton
Population	216	4,128
Median age	33.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$60,184
Median home value	$80,000	$153,800
Median gross rent	—	$715
Housing units	108	1,965
Homeownership rate	80.9%	65.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordville	Grafton
Population	210 → 216 (+2.9%)	4,182 → 4,128 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $70,000 (+15.5%)	$52,760 → $60,184 (+14.1%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $80,000 (+33.3%)	$84,700 → $153,800 (+81.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$676 → $715 (+5.8%)

Fordville

Population

210216

Median household income

$60,625$70,000

Median home value

$60,000$80,000

Grafton

Population

4,1824,128

Median household income

$52,760$60,184

Median home value

$84,700$153,800

Median gross rent

$676$715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordville	Grafton
Under 5	2.3%	3.7%
5 to 17	22.2%	18.9%
18 to 24	13.9%	8.8%
25 to 34	12.0%	11.9%
35 to 44	17.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	3.2%	11.6%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	8.3%	9.1%
75 and over	6.0%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordville	Grafton
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	70.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	23.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordville	Grafton
No high school diploma	6.8%	15.6%
High school graduate	24.1%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordville	Grafton
Drove alone	83.3%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.8%	15.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	0.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordville	Grafton
1-unit, detached	91.7%	62.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.8%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	7.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Fordville	Grafton
Poverty rate	0.5%	10.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	21	15
Median year structure built	1960	1972