Drake vs Karlsruhe

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

Drake and Karlsruhe 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 56 in Karlsruhe). Karlsruhe has the higher median home value ($103,600 vs $76,700 in Drake). Since 2019, Karlsruhe's population has grown faster (+3.7% vs -38.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Drake	Karlsruhe
Population	245	56
Median age	44.5 yrs	62.3 yrs
Median household income	$46,875	—
Median home value	$76,700	$103,600
Median gross rent	$713	—
Housing units	196	37
Homeownership rate	83.2%	94.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.8%	13.0%
Unemployment rate	16.7%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Drake	Karlsruhe
Population	401 → 245 (-38.9%)	54 → 56 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$44,306 → $46,875 (+5.8%)	—
Median home value	$60,600 → $76,700 (+26.6%)	$70,000 → $103,600 (+48.0%)
Median gross rent	$567 → $713 (+25.7%)	—

Drake

Population

401245

Median household income

$44,306$46,875

Median home value

$60,600$76,700

Median gross rent

$567$713

Karlsruhe

Population

5456

Median home value

$70,000$103,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Drake	Karlsruhe
Under 5	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.4%	0.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	16.7%	5.4%
35 to 44	11.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	6.1%	7.1%
55 to 64	16.3%	50.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	8.9%
75 and over	13.9%	25.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Drake	Karlsruhe
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	1.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Drake	Karlsruhe
No high school diploma	7.6%	24.1%
High school graduate	41.6%	22.2%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	40.7%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Drake	Karlsruhe
Drove alone	59.0%	77.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.0%	18.2%
Other means	6.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Drake	Karlsruhe
1-unit, detached	85.7%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.6%	13.5%

Poverty & households

	Drake	Karlsruhe
Poverty rate	17.6%	7.1%
Average household size	1.96	1.56
Mean commute (minutes)	14	38
Median year structure built	1948	1957