Drayton (North Dakota)
Pembina County
38-20340
Drayton is a small town ( with a status of "City" ) in Pembina County in the U.S. state of North Dakota. In 2010, Drayton had 824 inhabitants.
Geography
Drayton is located in northeastern North Dakota on the west bank of the Red River of North, which forms the border with Minnesota. The geographical coordinates are 48 ° 34'16 Drayton " north latitude and 97 ° 10'40 " west longitude. The city covers an area of 1.68 km ².
Towns nearby Drayton Donaldson are in Minnesota (20,7 km east ), Stephen in Minnesota ( 35 km southeast ), Grafton (34 km southwest) and St. Thomas (25,1 km west-northwest ).
The nearest major cities are Winnipeg in the Canadian province of Manitoba (160 km north), Duluth, Minnesota on Lake Superior ( 499 km east-southeast ), Grand Forks ( 76.7 km to the south), Fargo (200 km in the same direction) and North Dakota's capital city Bismarck ( 475 km southwest ).
The Canadian border is 50 km north.
Traffic
Along the western edge of Drayton runs in a north -south Interstate 29, which is the shortest route from Winnipeg to Kansas City in Missouri. On the northern edge of the city extends in a west-east direction of the North Dakota Highway 66 All other streets within the city are subordinate roads, some unpaved roadways and within local roads.
By Drayton runs in a north -south direction, a railroad line of the BNSF Railway.
The Drayton Municipal Airport is located 6.9 km north a small airfield. The nearest major airports are the Grand Forks International Airport (81 km south) and the Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport (162 km north).
Population
According to the census in 2010 lived in Drayton 824 people in 389 households. The population density was 490.5 inhabitants per square kilometer. In the 389 households lived statistically 2.12 per person.
The racial the population was composed of 98.3 percent white, 0.4 percent African American, 0.6 percent Native American and 0.1 percent (one person) from other ethnic groups; 0.6 percent were descended from two or more races. Regardless of ethnicity were 1.5 percent of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race.
20.5 percent of the population were under 18 years old, 60.0 percent were between 18 and 64 and 19.5 percent were 65 years or older. 46.6 percent of the population was female.
The median annual income for a household was $ 43,616. The per capita income was $ 28,164. 6.7 percent of the population lived below the poverty line.