Forest River vs Lankin

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

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

Forest River has the higher population (139 vs 113 in Lankin). Forest River has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $63,438 in Lankin). Forest River has the higher median home value ($86,900 vs $71,000 in Lankin).

Population, income & housing

	Forest River	Lankin
Population	139	113
Median age	48.2 yrs	45.9 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$63,438
Median home value	$86,900	$71,000
Housing units	85	72
Homeownership rate	96.7%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	12.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest River	Lankin
Population	127 → 139 (+9.4%)	90 → 113 (+25.6%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $65,625 (+4.0%)	$42,000 → $63,438 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $86,900 (+8.6%)	$52,500 → $71,000 (+35.2%)

Forest River

Population

127139

Median household income

$63,125$65,625

Median home value

$80,000$86,900

Lankin

Population

90113

Median household income

$42,000$63,438

Median home value

$52,500$71,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest River	Lankin
Under 5	4.3%	3.5%
5 to 17	7.9%	12.4%
18 to 24	14.4%	21.2%
25 to 34	5.8%	1.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	7.1%
45 to 54	26.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.1%	16.8%
75 and over	8.6%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest River	Lankin
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	2.9%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest River	Lankin
No high school diploma	8.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	4.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest River	Lankin
Drove alone	57.6%	74.5%
Carpooled	25.4%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	10.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	12.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest River	Lankin
1-unit, detached	69.4%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Forest River	Lankin
Poverty rate	5.0%	26.5%
Average household size	2.28	1.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	17
Median year structure built	1956	1938