What is the population of Wahpeton city?

Wahpeton city has 7,996 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #10 of 406 in North Dakota.

What is the median household income in Wahpeton city?

Median household income in Wahpeton city is $57,417 a year, 26.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $753 a month and the median home value is $164,600, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wahpeton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Wahpeton, ND population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Wahpeton, North Dakota (Wahpeton, ND — Census place “Wahpeton city”) is 7,996 residents, ranking #10 of 406 places in North Dakota. Median household income is $57,417, the median home is worth $164,600 and median gross rent runs $753 a month. Looking for the Wahpeton North Dakota ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Wahpeton, ND: 58075, 58076.

Population: 7,996Wahpeton city residents
Median household income: $57,417Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $164,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $753Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 34.8 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 48.1%Owner-occupied households

Wahpeton ZIP codes (North Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Wahpeton.

The Wahpeton ND ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Wahpeton city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Wahpeton city median would spend about 15.7% 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 2.9× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.6% of residents and 48.1% of households own their home.

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

Wahpeton city, ND in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wahpeton city is a mid-size town in North Dakota, with 7,996 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #10 of 406 ranked by population — larger than 97% of them. The median age here is 34.8 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Wahpeton city earn a median of $57,417 a year, 26.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $68,472 median for the 51 North Dakota cities we cover. Median household income counts every pre-tax dollar arriving at an address — wages, self-employment, Social Security, pensions, interest and public assistance — for everyone living there, so multi-earner households pull the figure up even where individual pay is modest. Poverty reaches 16.6% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wahpeton city is valued at $164,600, 45.7% below the national figure and 11% below the $185,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $753 a month, 46.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,036 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.7% 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 2.9×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 48.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

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 Wahpeton city?: Wahpeton city has 7,996 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #10 of 406 in North Dakota.
What is the median household income in Wahpeton city?: Median household income in Wahpeton city is $57,417 a year, 26.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wahpeton city?: Median gross rent is $753 a month and the median home value is $164,600, so rent absorbs about 15.7% of median household income.
Is Wahpeton city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.9× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wahpeton city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wahpeton city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.