Emmons County vs Foster County

A side-by-side comparison of Emmons County and Foster County: population, income, housing, and more.

Emmons County and Foster County are counties in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Foster County has the higher population (3,372 vs 3,269 in Emmons County). Foster County has the higher median household income ($83,412 vs $67,368 in Emmons County). Foster County has the higher median home value ($162,800 vs $112,400 in Emmons County).

Population, income & housing

	Emmons County	Foster County
Population	3,269	3,372
Median age	51.5 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,368	$83,412
Median home value	$112,400	$162,800
Median gross rent	$551	$756
Housing units	2,049	1,782
Homeownership rate	81.4%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.7%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	0.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Emmons County	Foster County
Population	3,310 → 3,269 (-1.2%)	3,260 → 3,372 (+3.4%)
Median household income	$55,902 → $67,368 (+20.5%)	$61,425 → $83,412 (+35.8%)
Median home value	$97,000 → $112,400 (+15.9%)	$143,500 → $162,800 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$484 → $551 (+13.8%)	$595 → $756 (+27.1%)

Emmons County

Population

3,3103,269

Median household income

$55,902$67,368

Median home value

$97,000$112,400

Median gross rent

$484$551

Foster County

Population

3,2603,372

Median household income

$61,425$83,412

Median home value

$143,500$162,800

Median gross rent

$595$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Emmons County	Foster County
Under 5	5.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.8%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.1%	13.5%
35 to 44	7.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	16.8%	14.9%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.4%
75 and over	13.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Emmons County	Foster County
White (non-Hispanic)	94.2%	94.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Emmons County	Foster County
No high school diploma	11.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.0%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	41.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	4.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Emmons County	Foster County
Drove alone	71.8%	79.1%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	7.2%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.4%	7.3%
Other means	1.1%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Emmons County	Foster County
1-unit, detached	81.5%	82.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	6.3%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.9%	3.4%

Poverty & households

	Emmons County	Foster County
Poverty rate	8.4%	9.1%
Average household size	2.11	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	19	14
Median year structure built	1965	1971