Grand Forks County vs Morton County

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Forks County and Morton County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grand Forks County has the higher population (72,764 vs 33,479 in Morton County). Morton County has the higher median household income ($79,483 vs $68,450 in Grand Forks County). Morton County has the higher median home value ($249,600 vs $244,200 in Grand Forks County).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
Population	72,764	33,479
Median age	30.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$68,450	$79,483
Median home value	$244,200	$249,600
Median gross rent	$971	$1,036
Housing units	33,736	15,334
Homeownership rate	52.1%	75.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
Population	70,224 → 72,764 (+3.6%)	30,868 → 33,479 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$54,051 → $68,450 (+26.6%)	$70,556 → $79,483 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$206,500 → $244,200 (+18.3%)	$208,600 → $249,600 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$824 → $971 (+17.8%)	$861 → $1,036 (+20.3%)

Grand Forks County

Population

70,22472,764

Median household income

$54,051$68,450

Median home value

$206,500$244,200

Median gross rent

$824$971

Morton County

Population

30,86833,479

Median household income

$70,556$79,483

Median home value

$208,600$249,600

Median gross rent

$861$1,036

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
Under 5	6.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	17.7%
18 to 24	19.4%	7.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.5%
35 to 44	11.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	9.9%	12.6%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.2%
75 and over	5.8%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
White (non-Hispanic)	82.2%	87.4%
Black or African American	3.4%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	3.4%
Asian	2.7%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
No high school diploma	4.3%	5.5%
High school graduate	21.3%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	23.4%	22.9%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
Drove alone	80.2%	82.0%
Carpooled	8.5%	7.9%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.5%	8.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
1-unit, detached	44.3%	67.9%
1-unit, attached	9.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	12.9%	7.3%
20 or more units	23.0%	8.3%
Mobile home & other	4.2%	11.7%

Poverty & households

	Grand Forks County	Morton County
Poverty rate	13.9%	7.0%
Average household size	2.20	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	16	20
Median year structure built	1981	1979