City safety & data profile
MandanND
Mandan, ND is a 21K-resident city in Morton County with a median household income of $71,780.
Morton County, North Dakota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Mandan, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Mandan has a population larger than 47% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $259,800.
Data updated 2026-09-04
- 21K
- Population (place)
- Bottom 48%
- By size
- $71,780
- Median income (place)
- $259,800
- Median home (place)
- 9.8%
- Poverty rate (place)
The read on Mandan
Mandan posts a median household income higher than 39% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.
- Bottom 40%
- by median income, US cities
Where Mandan income ranks nationally
Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)
$71,780 Bottom 39% higher than 39% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles
Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. 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, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year
The quick read
Reading Mandan, ND beyond the headline numbers
Mandan sits inside Morton County, North Dakota, at roughly 46.83°N, -100.89°W. Population 21,382, $71,780 median household income. Median home value $259,800, median rent $1,083. Poverty rate 9.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.
At 9.8%, poverty in Mandan, ND runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.
The median home in Mandan costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.
Remote work covers 10.9% of Mandan workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.
Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 22.1% in Mandan, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.
Public transit carries 0% of Mandan workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.
Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Mandan from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.
10-Year Trends 2013–2024
County-level trend (Morton County): Mandan's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.
Economics
| Indicator | Value |
|---|---|
| Median Rent | |
| Poverty Rate | 9.8% -21% vs avg |
| Unemployment | 1.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree+ | 30.2% |
| Work From Home | 10.9% |
| Public Transit | 0% |
Population
Health Profile 15 measures
Health Indicators
Preventive Care
Other Measures
What alerts and safety updates affect Mandan?
No area-tagged alerts are on record for Mandan right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.
City alert dispatch desk
Sheet ND-MANDAN · Mandan
Mandan: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.
- FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
- LEAD-NONE Feed idle
- DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed
Counts reflect published articles tagged to Mandan; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse North Dakota state hubs · Methodology
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Frequently Asked Questions 5
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Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8
Two ACS-derived peer sets for Mandan, both outside North Dakota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.
Similar poverty rate
Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside ND (9.8% here).
Similar median income
Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside ND ($71,780 here).
Compare Mandan with another city
Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.
Nearby Cities 8
Using Mandan's profile
Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.
- Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Mandan area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
- Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
- Compare Mandan against North Dakota peers on any ranking lens. Explore North Dakota
Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.
Data Sources
All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Morton County) where that is the smallest published unit.
Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.