Tioga vs Williston

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

Tioga 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 1,525 in Tioga). Williston has the higher median household income ($84,309 vs $62,315 in Tioga). Williston has the higher median home value ($262,700 vs $196,800 in Tioga).

Population, income & housing

	Tioga	Williston
Population	1,525	27,964
Median age	35.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,315	$84,309
Median home value	$196,800	$262,700
Median gross rent	$1,005	$1,106
Housing units	1,060	14,872
Homeownership rate	53.6%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.2%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Tioga	Williston
Population	1,062 → 1,525 (+43.6%)	27,250 → 27,964 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$89,861 → $62,315 (-30.7%)	$84,710 → $84,309 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $196,800 (+24.6%)	$238,700 → $262,700 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,088 → $1,005 (-7.6%)	$964 → $1,106 (+14.7%)

Tioga

Population

1,0621,525

Median household income

$89,861$62,315

Median home value

$157,900$196,800

Median gross rent

$1,088$1,005

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)

	Tioga	Williston
Under 5	8.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	13.7%	19.2%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.9%
25 to 34	22.4%	16.8%
35 to 44	16.3%	19.4%
45 to 54	9.4%	9.9%
55 to 64	12.7%	7.5%
65 to 74	5.8%	5.5%
75 and over	7.1%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Tioga	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	61.9%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.8%
Asian	0.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	7.3%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	30.5%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Tioga	Williston
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Tioga	Williston
Drove alone	79.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	11.3%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.5%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Tioga	Williston
1-unit, detached	40.4%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	5.0%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	9.8%
20 or more units	19.2%	35.9%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Tioga	Williston
Poverty rate	10.0%	8.7%
Average household size	2.16	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	20	17
Median year structure built	1979	1997