North Dakota · Census place 3860900

Park River, North Dakota

Park River is a city in Walsh County, North Dakota with an estimated 1,369 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 36th largest of 51 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
1,369
#36 of 51 in North Dakota
Change since 2020
-3.4%
-48 people
Land area
2.6 sq mi
Density
529 / sq mi
State median 1,621
Orange pin: Park River. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Bismarck.

Park River population, 2020 to 2024

Park River lost 48 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.4%. In the latest year it moved by -12.

1,41720201,40920211,40520221,38120231,3692024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 1,421. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Park River covers 2.59 square miles of land, for 529 people per square mile of land. The median North Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,621, so Park River is less dense than the typical town.

What county Park River is in

All of Park River's residents live in Walsh County, which had 10,214 residents in 2024. Park River holds 13.4% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Park River

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Park River by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 58270. 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 Park River is

The Census internal point of Park River is at 48.391100, -97.742700. Bismarck, the capital, is 178.4 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Grafton, ND (4,027 people), 15.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 113.7 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
48.391100, -97.742700
DMS
48°23'27.96"N 97°44'33.72"W
UTM
14N 593077.0E 5360534.5N
Geohash
cbd7rc3fw
Plus code
86W497R4+CW

Daylight in Park River

At 48.39° N, Park River 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 Park River

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Grafton, 15.5 miles away, with 4,027 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Park River, ND?

1,369 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 48 (3.4%) from 1,417 in July 2020.

What county is Park River in?

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

What ZIP codes cover Park River?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 58270.

How far is Park River from Bismarck?

178.4 miles (287.1 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Park River.

What is the nearest larger city to Park River?

Grafton, ND, with 4,027 residents, 15.5 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)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.