Fordville vs Park River

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

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

Park River has the higher population (1,483 vs 216 in Fordville). Park River has the higher median household income ($76,080 vs $70,000 in Fordville). Park River has the higher median home value ($118,600 vs $80,000 in Fordville).

Population, income & housing

	Fordville	Park River
Population	216	1,483
Median age	33.9 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$76,080
Median home value	$80,000	$118,600
Median gross rent	—	$892
Housing units	108	706
Homeownership rate	80.9%	73.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fordville	Park River
Population	210 → 216 (+2.9%)	1,499 → 1,483 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$60,625 → $70,000 (+15.5%)	$51,429 → $76,080 (+47.9%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $80,000 (+33.3%)	$84,100 → $118,600 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$768 → $892 (+16.1%)

Fordville

Population

210216

Median household income

$60,625$70,000

Median home value

$60,000$80,000

Park River

Population

1,4991,483

Median household income

$51,429$76,080

Median home value

$84,100$118,600

Median gross rent

$768$892

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fordville	Park River
Under 5	2.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	22.2%	16.9%
18 to 24	13.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	12.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	17.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	3.2%	14.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.3%	13.7%
75 and over	6.0%	13.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fordville	Park River
White (non-Hispanic)	83.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	3.8%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fordville	Park River
No high school diploma	6.8%	14.5%
High school graduate	24.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fordville	Park River
Drove alone	83.3%	83.0%
Carpooled	6.8%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	7.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fordville	Park River
1-unit, detached	91.7%	76.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	6.5%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Fordville	Park River
Poverty rate	0.5%	12.4%
Average household size	2.30	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	21	20
Median year structure built	1960	1972