City · Williams County, North Dakota

Tioga, North Dakota

Tioga is a city in Williams County, North Dakota, part of the Williston, ND metro area. It has 1,657 residents. Tioga, North Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 69 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,807 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Dakota it ranks #50 of 56 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent-burdened households (low), natural hazard risk (low) and rent as share of income (low). It ranks worst on distance to an airport (high), suicide rate (high) and comfortable days (low).

69High

Quality-of-life score: #4,807 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Dakota: #50 of 56 in ND
Population: 1,657 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 490.2 /mi²
FIPS code: 3878940

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.

Safety21#12,417/15,637
Economy70#4,626/15,631
Housing98#282/14,977
Health58#6,554/15,609
Healthcare28#11,342/15,650
Environment96#627/15,453
Education39#9,534/15,649
Infrastructure43#8,889/15,650
Community85#2,341/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,632/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Tioga, North Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Williams 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

Rent-burdened households · low8.5%
100/100North Dakota 38.9%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Natural hazard risk · low2.2
97/100North Dakota 37.12025Federal Emergency Management AgencyWilliams County value
Rent as share of income · low20.7%
97/100North Dakota 25.0%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
High school diploma or higher · high88.9%
96/100North Dakota 94.0%United States 89.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Loneliness · low32.6%
96/100North Dakota 29.8%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · high$1,770
96/100North Dakota $1,300United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilliams County value

Weaknesses

Distance to an airport · high285 mi
0/100North Dakota 136 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauWilliams County value
Suicide rate · high25.6 /100k
8/100North Dakota 19.8 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWilliams County value
Comfortable days · low23.4%
12/100North Dakota 24.3%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental InformationWilliams County value
Pharmacies · low1.0 /10k
12/100North Dakota 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWilliams County value
Math scores · low2.68
13/100North Dakota 3.09United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteWilliams County value
Job growth · low-1.9%
14/100North Dakota -0.5%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataWilliams County value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,062 (2015-2019) → 1,657 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
54.4% (2015-2019) → 82.2% (2020-2024)
+28 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
9.3% (2015-2019) → 23.9% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.8× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+72%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
13.4% (2015-2019) → 20.7% (2020-2024)
+7.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.337 (2015-2019) → 0.431 (2020-2024)
+28%5 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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, Tioga, North Dakota improved on 2 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 6 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.

Improved2

Broadband+28 points54.4% → 82.2%
Bachelor's++15 points9.3% → 23.9%

Declined2

Inequality+0.0940.337 → 0.431
Price / income+1.3×1.8× → 3.0×

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Tioga, North Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	18.3 min2015-2019	20.5 min2020-2024	+2.2 min	Within the margin of error	25%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%2015-2019	23.9%2020-2024	+15 points	Improved	97%
Broadband subscriptions	54.4%2015-2019	82.2%2020-2024	+28 points	Improved	97%
Effective property tax rate	0.68%2015-2019	0.67%2020-2024	−0 points	Within the margin of error	18%
High school diploma or higher	86.1%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+2.9 points	Within the margin of error	67%
Home price to income ratio	1.8×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+1.3×	Declined	14%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3372015-2019	0.4312020-2024	+0.094	Declined	5%
Median household income	$89,8612015-2019	$66,1812020-2024	−26%	Within the margin of error	1%
Rent as share of income	13.4%2015-2019	20.7%2020-2024	+7.3 points	Within the margin of error	14%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.3%2015-2019	8.8%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	41%

“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 Tioga, North Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Tioga, 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, Tioga, North Dakota itself moved −11 points in standing on average over the same 9 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

1,657 residents (±451)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

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

Household income

714 households (±188)

Tioga, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Under $25k8.0%†57
$25k–50k24%†173
$50k–75k

Homes

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

Owners and renters

714 households (±188)

Tioga, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Own48%†346
Rent52%†368

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

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

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

736 workers (±227)

Tioga, North Dakota
North Dakota share

Drive alone84%†617
Carpool7.6%†56
Public transit

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Williston, ND

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 Williams County, the county holding most of Tioga's residents.

Williams County has 1,652 employer establishments, 421 for every 10,000 residents (1.70× the US rate of 248; 1.30× North Dakota's), with 21,785 paid employees at an average annual pay of $88,464. The Census Bureau also counts 3,303 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,652; 3,303 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 421; US 248 · North Dakota 323
Paid employees: 21,785
Average annual pay: $88,464; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	117	29.8	5.90×More than typical	898	$99,892	224
Management, scientific and technical consulting	103	26.3	3.91×More than typical	135	$75,763	83
Specialty trade contractors	97	24.7	1.60×More than typical	1,636	$101,436	187
Restaurants and other eating places	76	19.4	1.05×About typical	1,416	$26,874	14
Lessors of real estate	61	15.5	1.26×More than typical	215	$53,600	338
Ambulatory health care services	56	14.3	0.68×Fewer than typical	827	$69,884	86
Automotive repair and maintenance	43	11	2.18×More than typical	224	$62,768	41
Building equipment contractors	37	9.4	1.57×More than typical	1,171	$109,617	23
Services to buildings and dwellings	36	9.2	1.36×More than typical	224	$71,723	202
Limited-service restaurants	30	7.6	0.95×About typical	659	$22,059	4
Architectural, engineering and related services	28	7.1	2.05×More than typical	158	$137,278	9
Real estate agents and brokers	28	7.1	1.47×More than typical	46	$68,935	49

Rank places for an industry Open Williams County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 39,233 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: Tioga is mostly in Williams County.

See federal money in Williams 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.

Tioga, 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.

Williams County88100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Williston, ND77

Other cities and towns in Williams 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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