Fessenden vs Harvey

A side-by-side comparison of Fessenden and Harvey: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Harvey has the higher population (1,720 vs 477 in Fessenden). Fessenden has the higher median household income ($65,125 vs $42,368 in Harvey). Harvey has the higher median home value ($118,000 vs $73,300 in Fessenden).

Population, income & housing

	Fessenden	Harvey
Population	477	1,720
Median age	42.7 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,125	$42,368
Median home value	$73,300	$118,000
Median gross rent	$605	$631
Housing units	324	972
Homeownership rate	74.9%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	21.8%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fessenden	Harvey
Population	489 → 477 (-2.5%)	1,761 → 1,720 (-2.3%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $65,125 (+35.3%)	$51,458 → $42,368 (-17.7%)
Median home value	$65,900 → $73,300 (+11.2%)	$89,500 → $118,000 (+31.8%)
Median gross rent	$803 → $605 (-24.7%)	$525 → $631 (+20.2%)

Fessenden

Population

489477

Median household income

$48,125$65,125

Median home value

$65,900$73,300

Median gross rent

$803$605

Harvey

Population

1,7611,720

Median household income

$51,458$42,368

Median home value

$89,500$118,000

Median gross rent

$525$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fessenden	Harvey
Under 5	5.0%	7.6%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	11.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	9.0%
35 to 44	15.9%	8.7%
45 to 54	7.3%	8.5%
55 to 64	22.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	11.3%	13.1%
75 and over	5.9%	17.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fessenden	Harvey
White (non-Hispanic)	98.5%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fessenden	Harvey
No high school diploma	5.7%	11.1%
High school graduate	39.8%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	18.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fessenden	Harvey
Drove alone	67.5%	64.8%
Carpooled	2.2%	17.5%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	23.4%	14.5%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.4%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fessenden	Harvey
1-unit, detached	85.8%	65.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	14.4%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Fessenden	Harvey
Poverty rate	19.7%	12.9%
Average household size	1.91	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	11	11
Median year structure built	1961	1966