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SheetND-MANDAN-ND · Mandan, ND 24,293 pop · income 57th pct · 7 tracts
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 Mandan
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Mandan on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Devils Lake · lowest
42,755
Devils Lake · lowest
42,755 median HH income
30.0% of the leader · rank #1
Wells · near
75,962
Wells · near
75,962 median HH income
53.3% of the leader · rank #2
Mandan · this city
75,966
Mandan · this city
75,966 median HH income
53.3% of the leader · rank #3
Waterford · near
75,968
Waterford · near
75,968 median HH income
53.3% of the leader · rank #4
Lake Almanor… · near
75,972
Lake Almanor… · near
75,972 median HH income
53.4% of the leader · rank #5
Enterprise · near
75,972
Enterprise · near
75,972 median HH income
53.4% of the leader · rank #6
Farragut · highest
142,402
Farragut · highest
142,402 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Mandan on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 24,293.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Mandan - the verdict
Mandan ranks in the 57th percentile for household income and the 17th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
57th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
17th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Mandan, ND
Mandan is a small city in North Dakota, home to 24,293 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here is $75,966 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 3.5%. Mandan's housing stock carries a median value of $246,300, and the median resident age is 36.2 years. About 30.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 72.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 52 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Construction Slowdown), down 71% from five years earlier. Mandan's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 2869.2 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, above the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in North Dakota run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, North Dakota scores 89.0 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $965 per month. Monthly utility costs average around $200 across North Dakota, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 16.9 minutes, with 82.5% driving alone and 8.1% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 22.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Mandan'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 work and mobility to population change to reported crime to comparison shortlist to housing and income to within-city variation; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Mandan, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
All six city-specific enrichment layers used by this profile are present.
Question 1
What does the education layer cover for Mandan?
The NCES join finds 13 public schools within the city match. 30.6% 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.
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.
What does the journey to work look like in Mandan?
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.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 82.5%. The reported mean trip to work is 16.9 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Mandan?
Within North Dakota, the closest population matches are Dickinson (25,216 residents, $76,964 income); Williston (27,964 residents, $84,309 income); Jamestown (15,774 residents, $54,809 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Auburn, ME (24,294 residents); Wadsworth, OH (24,302 residents); Patterson, CA (24,306 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.
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
That layer breaks the citywide income, rent, and home-value medians into smaller Census geographies, which can reveal differences that one municipal median necessarily hides. A tract is a statistical area, not a locally defined neighborhood or a promise about conditions on a particular block. Start with the city profile for the broad comparison, then use the tract layer to test whether the same housing and income pattern is consistent across the city. Large within-city spreads are a reason to avoid treating any citywide median as a universal resident experience.
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.
Population change
Is Mandan growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
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.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +842 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +3.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 52 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
+3.5%
2025 estimate
25,061
2020 estimate
24,219
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Mandan?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 2869.2 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 26% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Property rate
2581.8
Violent rate
287.3
Total reported rate
2869.2
FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, incidents per 100,000. Voluntary agency reporting; not a danger score.
How far does income reach against housing in Mandan?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 3.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
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.
Household income
$75,966
Home value
$246,300
Value / income
3.2×
City-level Census ACS 2023 medians. The ratio divides two separate medians and is descriptive only.
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.
Poverty rate B+
3.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share C
30.6%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income C
$75,966
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime F
287 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Mandan profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 89/100 (A) · 89.0 index
Poverty rate: 75/100 (B+) · 3.5%
Bachelor's+ share: 59/100 (C) · 30.6%
Household income: 55/100 (C) · $75,966
Violent crime: 35/100 (F) · 287 /100k
Where Mandan sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Mandan's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Mandan highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Mandan, ND (this city): home $246,300, crime 2,869/100k
Auburn, ME : home $254,600, crime 2,644/100k
Wadsworth, OH : home $235,600, crime 1,111/100k
Patterson, CA : home $427,400, crime 1,232/100k
Dickinson, ND : home $252,400, crime 2,003/100k
Williston, ND : home $262,700, crime 2,753/100k
Jamestown, ND : home $192,500, crime 1,342/100k
West Fargo, ND : home $302,200, crime 1,178/100k
Wahpeton, ND : home $164,600, crime 2,427/100k
How does Mandan compare to other US cities?
Mandan measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income57% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety17% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at North Dakota, Mandan ranks #20 of 21 North Dakota cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Mandan 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 Mandan near the bottom of North Dakota's cities
Among the 246 North Dakota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Mandan ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Mandan only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#83 of 227
63rd percentile in North Dakota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 246
0th percentile in North Dakota
Median Home Value
#28 of 226
88th percentile in North Dakota
Poverty Rate
#149 of 246
39th percentile in North Dakota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#51 of 246
79th 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.
Gauge source note
57th percentile nationally for median household income · 17th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Mandan's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Mandan's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Mandan's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$246,30045th percentilemore affordable than 45% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
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
Mandan's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,882 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,226 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.2×, Mandan sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,882 of 15,516 and #1,226 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
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
$75,966Mandan, ND median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Mandan, 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 Mandan, ND.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)30.6%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)3.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)72.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
24,293
Median Income
$75,966
Median Home Value
$246,300
Median Age
36.2
Poverty Rate
3.5%
Labor force participation
72.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
30.6%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
2869.2
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
287.3
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
2581.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
13
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Mandan's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
24,219 residents
2021
24,407 residents
2022
24,508 residents
2023
24,754 residents
2024
24,834 residents
2025
25,061 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
52
housing units authorized
Single-Family
38
detached homes
Multifamily
14
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
2.1
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
179
61
118
$26.9M
2020
139
69
70
$23.2M
2021
110
50
60
$19.9M
2022
53
35
18
$20.1M
2023
52
26
26
$16.9M
2024
52
38
14
$20.9M
Permit volume decreased 71% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
16.9 minutes
Drive Alone
82.5%
Carpool
7.6%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.8%
Work from Home
8.1%
Other
1.0%
Based on 13,985 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 Mandan. 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 Mandan 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 Mandan sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Mandan 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.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, 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.