Morton County vs Stark County

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

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

Morton County has the higher population (33,479 vs 33,116 in Stark County). Stark County has the higher median household income ($80,744 vs $79,483 in Morton County). Stark County has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $249,600 in Morton County).

Population, income & housing

	Morton County	Stark County
Population	33,479	33,116
Median age	37.7 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$79,483	$80,744
Median home value	$249,600	$260,400
Median gross rent	$1,036	$966
Housing units	15,334	15,455
Homeownership rate	75.1%	64.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.3%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morton County	Stark County
Population	30,868 → 33,479 (+8.5%)	31,081 → 33,116 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$70,556 → $79,483 (+12.7%)	$72,045 → $80,744 (+12.1%)
Median home value	$208,600 → $249,600 (+19.7%)	$239,000 → $260,400 (+9.0%)
Median gross rent	$861 → $1,036 (+20.3%)	$917 → $966 (+5.3%)

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

Stark County

Population

31,08133,116

Median household income

$72,045$80,744

Median home value

$239,000$260,400

Median gross rent

$917$966

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morton County	Stark County
Under 5	5.9%	8.3%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	15.3%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.3%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.0%
55 to 64	12.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.3%
75 and over	6.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morton County	Stark County
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	85.4%
Black or African American	1.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	1.1%
Asian	0.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.5%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	7.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morton County	Stark County
No high school diploma	5.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.7%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	36.5%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morton County	Stark County
Drove alone	82.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	7.9%	9.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	8.2%	6.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morton County	Stark County
1-unit, detached	67.9%	58.0%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	9.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	14.3%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Morton County	Stark County
Poverty rate	7.0%	11.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	20	18
Median year structure built	1979	1987