Cavalier vs Pembina

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

Cavalier and Pembina 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 583 in Pembina). Pembina has the higher median household income ($88,523 vs $57,188 in Cavalier). Cavalier has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $133,700 in Pembina).

Population, income & housing

	Cavalier	Pembina
Population	1,304	583
Median age	43.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$57,188	$88,523
Median home value	$155,500	$133,700
Median gross rent	$829	$675
Housing units	790	239
Homeownership rate	51.0%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavalier	Pembina
Population	1,130 → 1,304 (+15.4%)	485 → 583 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$49,458 → $57,188 (+15.6%)	$62,125 → $88,523 (+42.5%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $155,500 (+45.9%)	$104,900 → $133,700 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $829 (+32.6%)	$563 → $675 (+19.9%)

Cavalier

Population

1,1301,304

Median household income

$49,458$57,188

Median home value

$106,600$155,500

Median gross rent

$625$829

Pembina

Population

485583

Median household income

$62,125$88,523

Median home value

$104,900$133,700

Median gross rent

$563$675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavalier	Pembina
Under 5	5.2%	10.1%
5 to 17	11.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.1%	5.1%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.3%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.6%
45 to 54	9.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	13.5%	11.0%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.3%
75 and over	14.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavalier	Pembina
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	84.0%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	13.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavalier	Pembina
No high school diploma	6.3%	4.2%
High school graduate	22.9%	33.5%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	4.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavalier	Pembina
Drove alone	76.8%	86.4%
Carpooled	6.3%	6.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	4.1%
Other means	1.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavalier	Pembina
1-unit, detached	69.7%	79.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	3.3%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	11.7%
20 or more units	5.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Cavalier	Pembina
Poverty rate	7.6%	7.9%
Average household size	1.93	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	12	9
Median year structure built	1972	1970