What is the population of Hettinger city?

Hettinger city has 1,141 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 406 in North Dakota.

What is the median household income in Hettinger city?

Median household income in Hettinger city is $50,750 a year, 35.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hettinger city?

Median gross rent is $498 a month and the median home value is $112,600, so rent absorbs about 11.8% of median household income.

Is Hettinger city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hettinger city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Hettinger, ND population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Hettinger, North Dakota (Hettinger, ND — Census place “Hettinger city”) is 1,141 residents, ranking #47 of 406 places in North Dakota. Median household income is $50,750, the median home is worth $112,600 and median gross rent runs $498 a month. Looking for the Hettinger North Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hettinger, ND: 58639.

Population: 1,141Hettinger city residents
Median household income: $50,750Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $112,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $498Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 45.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 63.7%Owner-occupied households

Hettinger ZIP codes (North Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hettinger.

The Hettinger ND ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

58639

What the numbers mean in Hettinger city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Hettinger city median would spend about 11.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.2× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.3% of residents and 63.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hettinger city, ND in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hettinger city is a small town in North Dakota, with 1,141 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #47 of 406 ranked by population — larger than 88% of them. The median age here is 45.9 years against 39.1 nationally, a markedly older profile that usually tracks retirees staying put and younger households leaving for work. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Hettinger city earn a median of $50,750 a year, 35.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 26% below the $68,472 median for the 51 North Dakota cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 8.3% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hettinger city is valued at $112,600, 62.9% below the national figure and 39% below the $185,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $498 a month, 64.6% below the national figure, or roughly $5,976 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 63.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Hettinger city?: Hettinger city has 1,141 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #47 of 406 in North Dakota.
What is the median household income in Hettinger city?: Median household income in Hettinger city is $50,750 a year, 35.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hettinger city?: Median gross rent is $498 a month and the median home value is $112,600, so rent absorbs about 11.8% of median household income.
Is Hettinger city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Hettinger city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Hettinger city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.