Cavalier vs Drayton

A side-by-side comparison of Cavalier and Drayton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Cavalier has the higher population (1,304 vs 818 in Drayton). Drayton has the higher median household income ($70,347 vs $57,188 in Cavalier). Cavalier has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $103,800 in Drayton).

Population, income & housing

	Cavalier	Drayton
Population	1,304	818
Median age	43.6 yrs	43.8 yrs
Median household income	$57,188	$70,347
Median home value	$155,500	$103,800
Median gross rent	$829	$570
Housing units	790	393
Homeownership rate	51.0%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavalier	Drayton
Population	1,130 → 1,304 (+15.4%)	751 → 818 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$49,458 → $57,188 (+15.6%)	$72,969 → $70,347 (-3.6%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $155,500 (+45.9%)	$94,500 → $103,800 (+9.8%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $829 (+32.6%)	$535 → $570 (+6.5%)

Cavalier

Population

1,1301,304

Median household income

$49,458$57,188

Median home value

$106,600$155,500

Median gross rent

$625$829

Drayton

Population

751818

Median household income

$72,969$70,347

Median home value

$94,500$103,800

Median gross rent

$535$570

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavalier	Drayton
Under 5	5.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.6%	22.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	2.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	9.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	12.1%
65 to 74	10.6%	16.9%
75 and over	14.0%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavalier	Drayton
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	95.1%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavalier	Drayton
No high school diploma	6.3%	6.5%
High school graduate	22.9%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavalier	Drayton
Drove alone	76.8%	69.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	12.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	10.6%
Bicycle	2.2%	1.3%
Worked from home	9.7%	5.8%
Other means	1.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavalier	Drayton
1-unit, detached	69.7%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	9.2%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	9.9%
20 or more units	5.8%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Cavalier	Drayton
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.4%
Average household size	1.93	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1972	1964