Grenora vs Williston

A side-by-side comparison of Grenora and Williston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Williston has the higher population (27,964 vs 323 in Grenora). Williston has the higher median home value ($262,700 vs $103,800 in Grenora). Since 2019, Grenora's population has grown faster (+44.2% vs +2.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Grenora	Williston
Population	323	27,964
Median age	46.7 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	—	$84,309
Median home value	$103,800	$262,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,106
Housing units	203	14,872
Homeownership rate	82.9%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grenora	Williston
Population	224 → 323 (+44.2%)	27,250 → 27,964 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$77,500 → $76,875 (-0.8%)	$84,710 → $84,309 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$122,500 → $103,800 (-15.3%)	$238,700 → $262,700 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$964 → $1,106 (+14.7%)

Grenora

Population

224323

Median household income

$77,500$76,875

Median home value

$122,500$103,800

Williston

Population

27,25027,964

Median household income

$84,710$84,309

Median home value

$238,700$262,700

Median gross rent

$964$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grenora	Williston
Under 5	11.8%	10.0%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.0%	7.9%
25 to 34	8.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	3.4%	19.4%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	30.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	8.4%	5.5%
75 and over	3.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grenora	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	87.0%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.9%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.9%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.4%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grenora	Williston
No high school diploma	3.8%	9.8%
High school graduate	56.7%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grenora	Williston
Drove alone	70.6%	83.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	17.4%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grenora	Williston
1-unit, detached	81.8%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.9%
Mobile home & other	6.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Grenora	Williston
Poverty rate	19.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.21	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	17
Median year structure built	1959	1997