Deering vs Drake

A side-by-side comparison of Deering and Drake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Drake has the higher population (245 vs 123 in Deering). Deering has the higher median household income ($68,750 vs $46,875 in Drake). Deering has the higher median home value ($111,200 vs $76,700 in Drake).

Population, income & housing

	Deering	Drake
Population	123	245
Median age	47.1 yrs	44.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,750	$46,875
Median home value	$111,200	$76,700
Median gross rent	—	$713
Housing units	57	196
Homeownership rate	82.2%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.7%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deering	Drake
Population	139 → 123 (-11.5%)	401 → 245 (-38.9%)
Median household income	$61,250 → $68,750 (+12.2%)	$44,306 → $46,875 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $111,200 (+11.2%)	$60,600 → $76,700 (+26.6%)
Median gross rent	$679 → $728 (+7.2%)	$567 → $713 (+25.7%)

Deering

Population

139123

Median household income

$61,250$68,750

Median home value

$100,000$111,200

Median gross rent

$679$728

Drake

Population

401245

Median household income

$44,306$46,875

Median home value

$60,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$567$713

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deering	Drake
Under 5	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 17	26.0%	18.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.4%	16.7%
35 to 44	7.3%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	29.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	7.3%	11.4%
75 and over	0.8%	13.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deering	Drake
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	95.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	12.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deering	Drake
No high school diploma	16.5%	7.6%
High school graduate	24.7%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deering	Drake
Drove alone	83.3%	59.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	7.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.7%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deering	Drake
1-unit, detached	56.1%	85.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	43.9%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Deering	Drake
Poverty rate	0.8%	17.6%
Average household size	2.73	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	29	14
Median year structure built	1978	1948