North Dakota · Census place 3831820

Grafton, North Dakota

Grafton is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota with an estimated 4,027 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 16th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
4,027
#16 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-3.1%
-130 people
Land area
3.3 sq mi
+ 0.26 sq mi water
Density
1,220 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Grafton. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

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Grafton population, 2020 to 2024

Grafton lost 130 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.1%. In the latest year it moved by -30.

4,15720204,14220214,13420224,05720234,0272024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 4,171. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Grafton covers 3.30 square miles of land and 0.26 of water, for 1,220 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Grafton is less dense than the typical town.

What county Grafton is in

All of Grafton's residents live in Walsh County, which had 10,214 residents in 2024. Grafton holds 39.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Grafton

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Grafton by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58237. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Grafton is

The Census internal point of Grafton is at 48.413900, -97.406200. Bismarck, the capital, is 191.9 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grand Forks, ND (59,845 people), 37.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 110.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.413900, -97.406200
DMS
48°24'50.04"N 97°24'22.32"W
UTM
14N 617934.4E 5363532.2N
Geohash
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Plus code
86W4CH7V+HG

Daylight in Grafton

At 48.41° N, Grafton gets about 16 h 07 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 19 min around the December solstice, a swing of 7 h 48 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Grafton

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Park River, 15.5 miles away, with 1,369 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Grafton, ND?

4,027 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 130 (3.1%) from 4,157 in July 2020.

What county is Grafton in?

Walsh County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Grafton?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58237.

How far is Grafton from Bismarck?

191.9 miles (308.9 km) in a straight line, heading WSW from Grafton.

What is the nearest larger city to Grafton?

Grand Forks, ND, with 59,845 residents, 37.2 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

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