Lakota vs Petersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Lakota and Petersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lakota has the higher population (629 vs 129 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median household income ($64,167 vs $63,672 in Lakota). Lakota has the higher median home value ($145,700 vs $98,800 in Petersburg).

Population, income & housing

	Lakota	Petersburg
Population	629	129
Median age	49.2 yrs	57.5 yrs
Median household income	$63,672	$64,167
Median home value	$145,700	$98,800
Median gross rent	$616	$1,042
Housing units	365	89
Homeownership rate	64.2%	90.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lakota	Petersburg
Population	670 → 629 (-6.1%)	171 → 129 (-24.6%)
Median household income	$44,643 → $63,672 (+42.6%)	$55,000 → $64,167 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$104,000 → $145,700 (+40.1%)	$85,000 → $98,800 (+16.2%)
Median gross rent	$530 → $616 (+16.2%)	$717 → $1,042 (+45.3%)

Lakota

Population

670629

Median household income

$44,643$63,672

Median home value

$104,000$145,700

Median gross rent

$530$616

Petersburg

Population

171129

Median household income

$55,000$64,167

Median home value

$85,000$98,800

Median gross rent

$717$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lakota	Petersburg
Under 5	7.9%	2.3%
5 to 17	17.0%	27.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	0.8%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.9%
35 to 44	9.4%	5.4%
45 to 54	6.0%	2.3%
55 to 64	18.9%	12.4%
65 to 74	15.4%	28.7%
75 and over	11.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lakota	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	87.4%	81.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	2.3%
Asian	1.6%	7.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	3.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lakota	Petersburg
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.5%
High school graduate	19.8%	19.1%
Some college or associate's	47.0%	53.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lakota	Petersburg
Drove alone	65.6%	88.4%
Carpooled	9.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.5%	9.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	2.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lakota	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	64.7%	94.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	23.3%	1.1%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Lakota	Petersburg
Poverty rate	11.9%	3.1%
Average household size	2.25	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	14	28
Median year structure built	1967	1958