Beach vs Sentinel Butte

A side-by-side comparison of Beach and Sentinel Butte: population, income, housing, and more.

Beach and Sentinel Butte are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Beach has the higher population (933 vs 61 in Sentinel Butte). Beach has the higher median household income ($60,074 vs $40,625 in Sentinel Butte). Since 2019, Beach's population has grown faster (-8.9% vs -44.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
Population	933	61
Median age	40.7 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$60,074	$40,625
Median home value	$124,700	—
Median gross rent	$867	—
Housing units	522	40
Homeownership rate	69.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	20.0%
Unemployment rate	7.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
Population	1,024 → 933 (-8.9%)	110 → 61 (-44.5%)
Median household income	$51,488 → $60,074 (+16.7%)	$63,250 → $40,625 (-35.8%)
Median home value	$108,200 → $124,700 (+15.2%)	$95,000 → $63,300 (-33.4%)
Median gross rent	$698 → $867 (+24.2%)	—

Beach

Population

1,024933

Median household income

$51,488$60,074

Median home value

$108,200$124,700

Median gross rent

$698$867

Sentinel Butte

Population

11061

Median household income

$63,250$40,625

Median home value

$95,000$63,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
Under 5	10.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	16.4%	11.5%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	11.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	11.5%	9.8%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	14.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	23.0%
75 and over	4.5%	24.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
No high school diploma	4.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	52.0%
Some college or associate's	46.4%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
Drove alone	85.9%	94.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	6.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	6.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
1-unit, detached	91.8%	95.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Beach	Sentinel Butte
Poverty rate	25.2%	3.3%
Average household size	2.41	1.74
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1962	1953