
North Dakota · FIPS 38089
Stark ZIP codes — Stark County, North Dakota
Quick answer
Stark County is home to 33,116 residents with a median household income of $80,744 and a median home value of $260,400. 64.9% of households own their home and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Stark ZIP code? 6 ZIP code areas fall inside Stark County, North Dakota, listed in full below.
- Population
- 33,116Stark County residents
- Median household income
- $80,744Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $260,400Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $966Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 34.5 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 64.9%Owner-occupied households
Stark County, ND in context
How this area compares with national benchmarks.
Stark County is a small city in North Dakota, with 33,116 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 34.5 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 Stark County earn a median of $80,744 a year, 2.8% above the national figure of $78,538. 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 11% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.
The typical owner-occupied home in Stark County is valued at $260,400, 14.2% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $966 a month, 31.3% below the national figure, or roughly $11,592 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.4% 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 3.2×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.9% 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.
ZIP codes in Stark County
ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Stark County.
How to read this page
What these estimates cover.
Figures are five-year rolling averages from the American Community Survey, not single-year counts, so they describe conditions across 2019-2023 ACS 5-year rather than a single date. Median home value covers owner-occupied units as valued by their owners, and median gross rent includes utilities the renter pays. Small counties carry wide margins of error; treat single-dollar differences between neighbouring counties as noise.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
Cities and towns in North Dakota
Largest Census places in North Dakota by population.
- Fargo city 129,064
- Bismarck city 74,146
- Grand Forks city 58,882
- Minot city 47,922
- West Fargo city 39,325
- Williston city 27,964
- Dickinson city 25,216
- Mandan city 24,293
- Jamestown city 15,774
- Wahpeton city 7,996
- Devils Lake city 7,170
- Valley City city 6,554
Nearby counties
Other counties in North Dakota.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about this area.
- What is the population of Stark County?
- Stark County has 33,116 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
- What is the median household income in Stark County?
- Median household income in Stark County is $80,744 a year, 2.8% above the national figure of $78,538.
- How much does it cost to rent or buy in Stark County?
- Median gross rent is $966 a month and the median home value is $260,400, so rent absorbs about 14.4% of median household income.
- Is Stark County affordable compared with the rest of the US?
- Homes cost about 3.2× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Stark County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
- How current is this Stark County 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.