Population
165 residents
Census ACS 2023 — North Dakota
City profile · North Dakota · Census ACS 2023
Population, income, housing, safety, climate and schools for Upham — drawn straight from Census ACS, FBI UCR, NOAA, NCES, HUD and FEMA, refreshed on the 2024–2025 release cycle.
Upham is a city in North Dakota with a population of 165 residents based on U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Median household income here reaches $52,500 per year, while the poverty rate sits at 19.4%. Typical homes in Upham are valued around $35,000, and the median resident age is 46.6 years. About 12.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 33.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
NOAA climate normals record an annual average temperature of 39.5°F with 18.8 inches of precipitation per year and 49.4 inches of snowfall.
On a cost-of-living index where 100 equals the national average, North Dakota registers 89.0 (Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $965 per month. Average monthly utility bills run around $200 based on EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 22.2 out of 100 (Very Low).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2023 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year estimates, PlainCities renders standardized city-level demographic, income, education, employment, and housing indicators across more than 19,000 incorporated places nationwide. Population counts and median household income figures are sourced directly from Census Table B01003 and B19013 respectively, with poverty rates from B17001 and cost-of-living adjustments from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) Regional Price Parities (RPP) 2024 release. Every value displayed in this snapshot links back to the official upstream tables and is refreshed on the ACS annual release cadence (typically December of the survey year + 1).
Methodology: city boundaries follow the Census Bureau's place-level geography (incorporated places, census-designated places, and consolidated city-county governments), with FIPS codes ensuring consistent identifiers across decennial and annual surveys. Cost-of-living comparisons use BEA's Regional Price Parities (RPP) indexed to the national average (100), enabling cross-city purchasing-power comparisons. See our methodology page for full source attribution, refresh cadence, and known data quality limitations including margin-of-error disclosure and sample-size thresholds.
Population
165 residents
Census ACS 2023 — North Dakota
Median Household Income
$52,500 /yr
Poverty 19.4%
Cost of Living Index
89.0 (US=100)
Below Average — BEA RPP 2024
Where Upham sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure — computed live from Census and FBI data.
Percentiles compare Upham against every US city with at least 1,000 residents. "Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
Census ACS S1501 — educational attainment
Census ACS S1701 — poverty status
Census ACS S2301 — share of working-age residents in the labor force
How workers travel to work — Census ACS 2023
Based on 41 workers 16 and over.
State-average estimates for North Dakota — EIA 2023 residential energy data
Estimates reflect North Dakota state averages. Actual costs vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
North Dakota state-level data from PlainCost, PlainRent, and PlainHazard
National-average reference values shown when city-level race/ethnicity table is not loaded. Source: Census ACS 5-year, OMB Directive 15 race-and-ethnicity categories.
Census ACS 2023 — population and median income benchmarks
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Upham, ND has a population of 165 according to U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates.
The median household income in Upham is $52,500 per year, based on Census ACS 2023 data.
Upham has a cost of living index of 89.0 (U.S. average = 100), rated "Below Average" based on BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 data.
The median home value in Upham is $35,000, according to Census ACS 2023 estimates.
Upham has an average annual temperature of 39.5°F, 18.8 inches of precipitation, and 49.4 inches of snowfall per year. Source: NOAA Climate Normals.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NOAA Climate Normals, 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.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.