Forest River vs Minto

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

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

Minto has the higher population (616 vs 139 in Forest River). Minto has the higher median household income ($71,071 vs $65,625 in Forest River). Minto has the higher median home value ($94,600 vs $86,900 in Forest River).

Population, income & housing

	Forest River	Minto
Population	139	616
Median age	48.2 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$71,071
Median home value	$86,900	$94,600
Median gross rent	—	$650
Housing units	85	288
Homeownership rate	96.7%	89.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest River	Minto
Population	127 → 139 (+9.4%)	727 → 616 (-15.3%)
Median household income	$63,125 → $65,625 (+4.0%)	$70,313 → $71,071 (+1.1%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $86,900 (+8.6%)	$112,100 → $94,600 (-15.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$775 → $650 (-16.1%)

Forest River

Population

127139

Median household income

$63,125$65,625

Median home value

$80,000$86,900

Minto

Population

727616

Median household income

$70,313$71,071

Median home value

$112,100$94,600

Median gross rent

$775$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest River	Minto
Under 5	4.3%	6.8%
5 to 17	7.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	14.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	10.6%
45 to 54	26.6%	10.4%
55 to 64	16.5%	19.0%
65 to 74	10.1%	10.6%
75 and over	8.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest River	Minto
White (non-Hispanic)	89.2%	82.1%
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%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	17.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest River	Minto
No high school diploma	8.8%	7.1%
High school graduate	33.3%	33.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	42.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.8%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest River	Minto
Drove alone	57.6%	87.2%
Carpooled	25.4%	4.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	15.3%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	1.7%	2.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest River	Minto
1-unit, detached	69.4%	72.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	11.8%	5.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Forest River	Minto
Poverty rate	5.0%	20.1%
Average household size	2.28	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1956	1976