| ZIP Codes: | 3 ZIP Codes (3 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 406 |
| Timezone: | Mountain (GMT -07:00) |
| Local Time: | 11:54:20 PM |
| Population: | 1,204 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 30109 |
| Land Area: | 1,241 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 1 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 47.0016, -104.3016 |
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1,673 residents live across 3 ZIPs covering 1,241 sq mi, served by 3 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 1,816 to 1,673 from 2014 to 2024 — a -7.9% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 2 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58654 (Sentinel Butte, $89,583 median) and poorest ZIP 58632 (Golva, $60,000) are 21.7 miles apart — a 1.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 1.1× across this county — from $113,900 in 58654 (Sentinel Butte) to $124,800 in 58621 (Beach).
Density varies 4× across the county — from 0 people/sq mi in 58654 (Sentinel Butte) to 2 in 58621 (Beach).
Educational attainment ranges from 14.0% bachelor's+ in 58632 (Golva) to 41.4% in 58654 (Sentinel Butte) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #51 most populous of 56 counties and ranks #23 for median household income with the #4 fastest decade growth .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $69,172 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
23.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (284 of 1,225 reporting).
3 Standard delivery, 0 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
One ZIP holds the majority of this county's population — a sign of a county built around a single city or town.