| ZIP Codes: | 6 ZIP Codes (6 Standard, 0 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 701 |
| Timezone: | Central (GMT -06:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:13:03 PM |
| Population: | 1,886 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 38095 |
| Land Area: | 867 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 13 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 48.7064, -99.2959 |
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1,886 residents live across 6 ZIPs covering 867 sq mi, served by 6 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 2,166 to 1,886 from 2014 to 2024 — a -12.9% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 5 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 58363 (Perth, $90,694 median) and poorest ZIP 58365 (Rocklake, $53,750) are 10.4 miles apart — a 1.7× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 2.6× across this county — from $62,500 in 58365 (Rocklake) to $163,800 in 58363 (Perth).
Density varies 7× across the county — from 1 people/sq mi in 58365 (Rocklake) to 5 in 58324 (Cando).
Educational attainment ranges from 16.5% bachelor's+ in 58331 (Egeland) to 26.9% in 58324 (Cando) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Dakota, this is the #44 most populous of 64 counties and ranks #49 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $62,348 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
24.3% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (330 of 1,358 reporting).
6 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.
Towner County lost 12.9% of residents between 2014 and 2024.