Wildrose vs Williston

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

Wildrose 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 147 in Wildrose). Wildrose has the higher median household income ($92,727 vs $84,309 in Williston). Williston has the higher median home value ($262,700 vs $108,900 in Wildrose).

Population, income & housing

	Wildrose	Williston
Population	147	27,964
Median age	61.1 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$92,727	$84,309
Median home value	$108,900	$262,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,106
Housing units	96	14,872
Homeownership rate	78.8%	50.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	25.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wildrose	Williston
Population	64 → 147 (+129.7%)	27,250 → 27,964 (+2.6%)
Median household income	$61,071 → $92,727 (+51.8%)	$84,710 → $84,309 (-0.5%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $108,900 (+22.9%)	$238,700 → $262,700 (+10.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$964 → $1,106 (+14.7%)

Wildrose

Population

64147

Median household income

$61,071$92,727

Median home value

$88,600$108,900

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)

	Wildrose	Williston
Under 5	6.1%	10.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	19.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.9%
25 to 34	7.5%	16.8%
35 to 44	8.8%	19.4%
45 to 54	8.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	7.5%	7.5%
65 to 74	37.4%	5.5%
75 and over	8.8%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wildrose	Williston
White (non-Hispanic)	99.3%	74.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	1.8%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	9.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wildrose	Williston
No high school diploma	20.0%	9.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	30.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.9%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.9%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wildrose	Williston
Drove alone	74.5%	83.4%
Carpooled	2.1%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.4%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wildrose	Williston
1-unit, detached	77.1%	38.6%
1-unit, attached	4.2%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	9.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.9%
Mobile home & other	5.2%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Wildrose	Williston
Poverty rate	9.5%	8.7%
Average household size	2.23	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	30	17
Median year structure built	1957	1997