With 59,042 people, Grand Forks is a city in North Dakota. This skews young, with a median age of 29.6. 46% of homes are owner-occupied. 75% were living in the same home a year earlier. Getting to work takes 15 minutes on average. Density works out to 2,032 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $63,627, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 29.6
US median: 38.9
More educated
40% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 52%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Grand Forks
What changed most since 1990
Median age27.5 → 29.6(+2.1 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Hispanic share1.2% → 5.6%(+4.3 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)39.5%(1,165)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)29.5%(869)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.4%(778)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.3%(156)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.3%(37)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,949 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Grand Forks, decade by decade
Grand Forks population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
49,425
$61,096
$153,604
29.3%
12.5
2000
49,321
$62,290
$164,131
30.3%
18.2
2010
52,838
$58,049
$207,586
35.7%
27.6
2020
59,166
$60,837
$254,286
37.8%
46.1
2024
59,042
$63,627
$249,900
40.0%
44.2
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
