City · Adams County, North Dakota

Hettinger, North Dakota

Hettinger is a city in Adams County, North Dakota. It has 1,250 residents. Hettinger, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 80 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,168 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Dakota it ranks #43 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on violent crime rate (low), primary care physicians (high) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), access to exercise opportunities (low) and public EV charging ports (low).

80High

Quality-of-life score: #3,168 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Dakota: #43 of 56 in ND
Population: 1,250 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,507.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 3837700

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety95#803/15,637
Economy40#9,359/15,631
Housing97#383/14,977
Health51#7,652/15,609
Healthcare77#3,535/15,650
Environment94#941/15,453
Education44#8,816/15,649
Infrastructure25#11,721/15,650
Community92#1,319/15,651
Leisure & amenities56#6,893/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Hettinger, North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Adams County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Violent crime rate · low0 /100k
100/100North Dakota 238 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationAdams County value
Primary care physicians · high378 /100k
100/100North Dakota 79 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Pharmacies · high4.4 /10k
100/100North Dakota 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100North Dakota 13.0 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAdams County value
Rent-burdened households · low27.9%
99/100North Dakota 38.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Grocery stores · high4.4 /10k
99/100North Dakota 2.1 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high283 mi
0/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAdams County value
Access to exercise opportunities · low10.9%
1/100North Dakota 75.6%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100North Dakota 3.5 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyAdams County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100North Dakota 1.5 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAdams County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high153 mi
4/100North Dakota 41 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauAdams County value
Reading scores · low2.63
6/100North Dakota 3.06United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdams County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,065 (2015-2019) → 1,250 (2020-2024)
+17%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
73.6% (2015-2019) → 86.7% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
38.5% (2015-2019) → 27.9% (2020-2024)
−11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 7.7% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Median household incomeImproving
$48,897 (2015-2019) → $62,750 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
Home price to income ratioImproving
2.4× (2015-2019) → 1.8× (2020-2024)
−25%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Hettinger, North Dakota improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 12 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+13 points73.6% → 86.7%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Hettinger, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.2 min2015-2019	14.4 min2020-2024	+1.2 min	Within the margin of error	34%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%2015-2019	22.4%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Broadband subscriptions	73.6%2015-2019	86.7%2020-2024	+13 points	Improved	73%
Effective property tax rate	0.82%2015-2019	0.75%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	29%
High school diploma or higher	93.9%2015-2019	89.9%2020-2024	−4 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	2.4×2015-2019	1.8×2020-2024	−0.6×	Within the margin of error	95%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4692015-2019	0.4372020-2024	−0.032	Within the margin of error	75%
Median household income	$48,8972015-2019	$62,7502020-2024	+28%	Within the margin of error	52%
Poverty rate	8.6%2015-2019	9.6%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.4%2015-2019	21.4%2020-2024	−1 points	Within the margin of error	63%
Rent-burdened households	38.5%2015-2019	27.9%2020-2024	−11 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.4%2015-2019	10.0%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	62%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Hettinger, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hettinger, North Dakota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Hettinger, North Dakota itself moved +3.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,250 residents (±139)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 women (+6.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,250 residents (±139)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

White82%1,023
Black0.8%†10
Hispanic or Latino7.3%†91

Education

852 residents (±96)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

No high school diploma10%†86
High school or GED32%269
Some college25%215

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

632 households (±75)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k16%†104
$25k–50k28%†174
$50k–75k11%†70
$75k–100k15%†94
$100k–150k20%†127
$150k–200k3.8%†24
$200k or more6.2%†39

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−12.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

632 households (±75)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own63%399
Rent37%233

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

233 households (±54)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $75067%†155
$750–1,0008.2%†19
$1,000–1,50020%†

Home values

399 homes (±64)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $150k68%272
$150k–250k17%†68
$250k–400k9.3%†37

Age of homes

752 homes (±89)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

2010 or later6.8%†51
2000–20092.7%†20
1980–199913%†98

Size of homes

752 homes (±89)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Studio3.7%†28
1 bedroom4.8%†36
2 bedrooms33%248

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

590 workers (±85)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone91%536
Carpool3.9%†23
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.4%†14
Bike0.5%†3
Work from home1.4%†8
Other1.0%†6

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (+16.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

582 workers (±85)

Hettinger, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under 15 min73%423
15–29 min13%†78
30–44 min2.4%†14

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Adams County, the county holding most of Hettinger's residents.

Adams County has 87 employer establishments, 398 for every 10,000 residents (1.60× the US rate of 248; 1.23× North Dakota's), with 619 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,225. The Census Bureau also counts 183 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 87; 183 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 398; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 619
Average annual pay: $47,225; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Adams County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	7	32	1.54×Too few to compare	34	$97,735	12
Banks and credit unions	4	18.3	5.66×Too few to compare	23	$58,087	—
Specialty trade contractors	4	18.3	1.18×Too few to compare	15	$24,333	15
Truck transportation	4	18.3	3.62×Too few to compare	5	$90,800	7
Automotive repair and maintenance	3	13.7	2.72×Too few to compare	6	$37,667	9
Individual and family services	3	13.7	4.90×Too few to compare	20	$13,950	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	3	13.7	3.12×Too few to compare	7	$98,429	—
Religious organizations	3	13.7	2.47×Too few to compare	2	$33,000	—
Restaurants and other eating places	3	13.7	0.75×Too few to compare	25	$12,280	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Advertising, public relations and related services	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—
Amusement, gambling and recreation industries	0	0	0.00×Too few to compare	0	—	—

Rank places for an industry Open Adams County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 2,188 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Hettinger is mostly in Adams County.

See federal money in Adams County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Hettinger, North Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Julie FedorchakR-ND · 100% of residentsWith party 100%Missed 2.1%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Adams County87100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Adams County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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