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Hazen, ND

Hazen's Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.

2,509
Residents
$72,094
Median income
$189,300
Median home
$965
Median rent (state)
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Sheet ND-HAZEN-ND · Hazen, ND 2,509 pop · income 52nd pct

POP-VILLAGE · INC-MID · COL-BELOW · SAFE-UNK · RANK-MID · PHOTO-FINISH · HOME-LOW · BOOK-UNK

  • POP-VILLAGE 2,509
  • INC-MID $72,094
  • COL-BELOW 89.0
  • SAFE-UNK Safety pending
  • RANK-MID 52nd
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Haubstadt
  • HOME-LOW $189,300
  • BOOK-UNK Tracts pending

Nearest income peer: Haubstadt, IN (+ $10 income $)

Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Hazen

Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Hazen on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.

median HH income

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Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-08

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Nationwide peers by population, income

Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Hazen on ACS population and median household income . Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.

Similar population

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 2,509.

4 peers

Similar household income

Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS median household income. This city: $72,094. Population peers are excluded.

4 peers

Hazen - the verdict

Hazen ranks in the 52nd percentile for household income nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS.

52nd
percentile, household income
39th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this

Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.

Data Snapshot: Hazen, ND

Census ACS 2023 estimates count 2,509 residents in Hazen, a small town within North Dakota. The typical household in Hazen brings in $72,094 a year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 10.9%. Typical homes in Hazen are valued around $189,300, and the median resident age is 43.6 years. 29.2% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 55.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.

Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 6 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Low Activity).

Living costs in North Dakota run below the national norm: the state registers 89.0 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $965 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in North Dakota run around $200, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 22.2 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).

A decision-led reading path

Useful questions to ask of Hazen's data

How this reading path is ordered

This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from schools and households to housing and income to population change to comparison shortlist to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.

For Hazen, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, annual population history, matched public-school count, local building permits. No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.

1. Schools and households

What does the education layer cover for Hazen?

The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.

The NCES join finds 3 public schools within the city match. 29.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.

See how the family ranking is built →

2. Housing and income

How far does income reach against housing in Hazen?

This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.

The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.6 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 10.9%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.

Compare the housing trade-off →

Question 3

Is Hazen growing, shrinking, or holding steady?

Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +36 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 6 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.

Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.

See the national growth ranking →

4. Comparison shortlist

Which cities make useful reference points for Hazen?

Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.

Within North Dakota, the closest population matches are Rugby (2,555 residents, $50,580 income); Casselton (2,640 residents, $68,472 income); New (2,725 residents, $50,707 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Woodland Beach, MI (2,509 residents); Lavonia, GA (2,508 residents); Carthage, IL (2,508 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.

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Other supported questions

Why these stay compact

These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.

Work and mobility

What does the journey to work look like in Hazen?

Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.6%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.

Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.

Drive alone
82.6%
Work from home
6.4%
Public transit
0.0%

City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,084 workers age 16+.

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Population

2,509 residents

Micro place (under 10k)

Median Household Income

$72,094 /yr

Above median income · poverty 10.9% (Above-median poverty)

Cost of Living Index (state)

89.0 (US=100)

Affordable · BEA RPP 2024, North Dakota average

City profile score · Hazen, ND

58/100

4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023

Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians (income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out and redistribute weight. How it is calculated.

Cost of living A
89.0 index

BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.

Bachelor's+ share C
29.2%

Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.

Household income C-
$72,094

Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.

Poverty rate F
10.9%

Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.

Violent crime N/A
N/A

No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).

Hazen profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions) 4-axis radar comparing 1 series across Cost of living, Bachelor's+ share, Household income, Poverty rate. Cost of livingBachelor's+ shareHousehold incomePoverty rate 58 C
Hazen profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)
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  • Cost of living: 89/100 (A) · 89.0 index
  • Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.2%
  • Household income: 52/100 (C-) · $72,094
  • Poverty rate: 36/100 (F) · 10.9%

How does Hazen compare to other US cities?

Hazen measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.

Household income 52% higher than other cities
Home value 39% pricier than other cities
Median rent 7% pricier than other cities

"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.

How we calculate these percentiles & ranks

Each percentile compares Hazen against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to North Dakota only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.

North Dakota-relative analysis

Median Gross Rent places Hazen near the bottom of North Dakota's cities

Among the 246 North Dakota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Hazen ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Hazen only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.

Median Household Income
#99 of 227
56th percentile in North Dakota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 246
0th percentile in North Dakota
Median Home Value
#58 of 226
74th percentile in North Dakota
Poverty Rate
#60 of 246
75th percentile in North Dakota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#58 of 246
76th percentile in North Dakota
How in-state ranks are ordered

Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within North Dakota only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.

52ndIncome percentile
Gauge source note

52nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.

How Hazen's home value compares nationally

Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)

$189,300 Among the most affordable more affordable than 61% of 15,600 US cities

Show national distribution $0–$25,000: 5 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $25,000–$50,000: 54 US cities (0%). Below this entry. $50,000–$75,000: 352 US cities (2%). Below this entry. $75,000–$100,000: 1,086 US cities (7%). Below this entry. $100,000–$125,000: 1,516 US cities (10%). Below this entry. $125,000–$150,000: 1,170 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $150,000–$175,000: 1,278 US cities (8%). Below this entry. $175,000–$200,000: 1,229 US cities (8%). This entry sits in this band. $200,000–$225,000: 1,035 US cities (7%). Above this entry. $225,000–$250,000: 976 US cities (6%). Above this entry. $250,000–$275,000: 754 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $275,000–$300,000: 712 US cities (5%). Above this entry. $300,000–$325,000: 521 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $325,000–$350,000: 526 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $350,000–$375,000: 465 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $375,000–$400,000: 393 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $400,000–$425,000: 317 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $425,000–$450,000: 300 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $450,000–$475,000: 307 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $475,000–$500,000: 250 US cities (2%). Above this entry. $500,000–$525,000: 160 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $525,000–$550,000: 156 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $550,000–$575,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $575,000–$600,000: 172 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $600,000–$625,000: 163 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $625,000–$650,000: 167 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $650,000–$675,000: 135 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $675,000–$700,000: 101 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $700,000–$725,000: 95 US cities (1%). Above this entry. $725,000–$750,000: 71 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $750,000–$775,000: 65 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $775,000–$800,000: 70 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $800,000–$825,000: 57 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $825,000–$850,000: 67 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $850,000–$875,000: 60 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $875,000–$900,000: 58 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $900,000–$925,000: 47 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $925,000–$950,000: 37 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $950,000–$975,000: 31 US cities (0%). Above this entry. $975,000–$1,000,000: 470 US cities (3%). Above this entry. $1,000,000–$1,025,000: 0 US cities (0%). Above this entry. Hazen $0 $1,025,000 every US city, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023

Hazen's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.6×

ACS median home value divided by median household income.

Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#4,648 of 15,516
More affordable than 70% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#4,119 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)

At 2.6×, Hazen sits in the affordable band: national rank #4,648 of 15,516 and #4,119 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000). The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.

How this ratio is calculated

Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000. Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0). This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.

Income distribution context

$72,094 Hazen, ND median household income (Census ACS)

Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Household income distribution - Hazen, ND Hazen, ND's median household income ($72,094) against the U.S. national quintile-share pattern. The Lorenz curve and quintile bars are national context, not Hazen, ND-specific shares. $ Household Income Distribution Hazen, ND median $72,094/yr, vs. U.S. national quintile pattern QUINTILE SHARE OF AGGREGATE INCOME Lowest 20% 3.4% Second 20% 9.2% Middle 20% 15.1% Fourth 20% 23.2% Top 20% 49.1% LORENZ CURVE cumulative income vs. population 100% 0% 100% pop. 0%
Hazen, ND median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Hazen, ND.

Key socioeconomic indicators

Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+) 29.2%

Census ACS S1501, educational attainment

Poverty rate (households below FPL) 10.9%

Census ACS S1701, poverty status

Labor force participation (adults 16+) 55.7%

Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force

Population
2,509
Median Income
$72,094
Median Home Value
$189,300
Median Age
43.6
Poverty Rate
10.9%
Labor force participation
55.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.2%

Schools

Total Schools
3
Public schools in this city

Population Change

PEP vintage

Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025

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2,260 residents2,280 residents2,300 residents2,320 residents 202020212022202320242025 2,278 residents 2,314 residents ▲ +1.6%
Hazen's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.
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Period Population
2020 2,278 residents
2021 2,272 residents
2022 2,275 residents
2023 2,273 residents
2024 2,281 residents
2025 2,314 residents

Housing Supply

BPS source

Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized

🏗️ Low Activity
Total Permits (2024)
6
housing units authorized
Single-Family
2
detached homes
Multifamily
4
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.4
permits per 1,000 residents

5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)

Year Total
2019 0
2020 0
2021 7
2022 1
2023 5
2024 6

Commute Patterns

Commute source

How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023

Drive Alone
82.6%
Carpool
0.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
8.8%
Work from Home
6.4%
Other
1.6%

Based on 1,084 workers 16 and over.

Monthly Utility Costs

North Dakota statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $200

EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across North Dakota at $200 (electricity about $90 , water and sewer about $40 ).

These are North Dakota statewide averages, not a meter reading for Hazen. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.

Living Costs & Risk

North Dakota's BEA cost-of-living index is 89.0 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Hazen is $965/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to North Dakota statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 22.2 / 100 (Very Low).

Cost/risk geography note

Cost of living is a North Dakota statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Hazen sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.

How Hazen compares to similar-size North Dakota cities

Same-state peer method

Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.

City Population Median Household Income
Hazen (this city) 2,509 $72,094
Rugby 2,555 $50,580
Casselton 2,640 $68,472
New 2,725 $50,707
NCES CCD Census BPS 2024
Primary sources on this page

Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.

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