What is the population of Wells County?

Wells County has 3,942 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.

What is the median household income in Wells County?

Median household income in Wells County is $61,346 a year, 21.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wells County?

Median gross rent is $630 a month and the median home value is $106,400, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.

Is Wells County affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wells County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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North Dakota · FIPS 38103

Wells ZIP codes — Wells County, North Dakota

Quick answer

Wells County is home to 3,942 residents with a median household income of $61,346 and a median home value of $106,400. 73.5% of households own their home and 10.5% of residents live below the poverty line. Looking for a Wells ZIP code? 7 ZIP code areas fall inside Wells County, North Dakota, listed in full below.

Population: 3,942Wells County residents
Median household income: $61,346Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $106,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $630Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 47.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 73.5%Owner-occupied households

Wells County, ND in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Wells County is a small town in North Dakota, with 3,942 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates. The median age here is 47.9 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 Wells County earn a median of $61,346 a year, 21.9% below 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 10.5% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Wells County is valued at $106,400, 64.9% below the national figure, while median gross rent runs $630 a month, 55.2% below the national figure, or roughly $7,560 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 12.3% 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 1.7×, 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. 73.5% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

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 Wells County

ZIP code tabulation areas whose land area falls mostly in Wells 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.

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Other counties in North Dakota.

Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Wells County?: Wells County has 3,942 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates.
What is the median household income in Wells County?: Median household income in Wells County is $61,346 a year, 21.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Wells County?: Median gross rent is $630 a month and the median home value is $106,400, so rent absorbs about 12.3% of median household income.
Is Wells County affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Wells County is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 12.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Wells County 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.