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Wahpeton, ND
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Wahpeton is a somewhat small city located in the state of North Dakota. With a population of 8,014 people and two associated neighborhoods, Wahpeton is the tenth largest community in North Dakota.

Wahpeton is a small town where college students really create the town feel and character. So many small towns have lost population over the last 20-30 years that having the local college presence in the Wahpeton area, with all of the energy of the students filling area dorms and apartments each fall, really helps Wahpeton maintain a good economy.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 15.95 minutes getting to work every day.

Being a small city, Wahpeton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The citizens of Wahpeton are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.76% of adults in Wahpeton having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wahpeton in 2018 was $30,451, which is low income relative to North Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,804 for a family of four. However, Wahpeton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Wahpeton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Wahpeton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Wahpeton include German, Norwegian, Irish, English, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Wahpeton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Slavic languages and Italian.


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