Cavalier vs St. Thomas

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

Cavalier and St. Thomas 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 306 in St. Thomas). St. Thomas has the higher median household income ($67,083 vs $57,188 in Cavalier). Cavalier has the higher median home value ($155,500 vs $74,100 in St. Thomas).

Population, income & housing

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
Population	1,304	306
Median age	43.6 yrs	56.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,188	$67,083
Median home value	$155,500	$74,100
Median gross rent	$829	—
Housing units	790	194
Homeownership rate	51.0%	85.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.9%	22.5%
Unemployment rate	9.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
Population	1,130 → 1,304 (+15.4%)	284 → 306 (+7.7%)
Median household income	$49,458 → $57,188 (+15.6%)	$46,923 → $67,083 (+43.0%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $155,500 (+45.9%)	$64,300 → $74,100 (+15.2%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $829 (+32.6%)	$703 → $538 (-23.5%)

Cavalier

Population

1,1301,304

Median household income

$49,458$57,188

Median home value

$106,600$155,500

Median gross rent

$625$829

St. Thomas

Population

284306

Median household income

$46,923$67,083

Median home value

$64,300$74,100

Median gross rent

$703$538

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.6%	7.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.6%
25 to 34	16.4%	8.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	17.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	27.8%
75 and over	14.0%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
White (non-Hispanic)	91.9%	76.5%
Black or African American	2.8%	0.0%
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%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	21.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
No high school diploma	6.3%	14.1%
High school graduate	22.9%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	42.9%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	21.4%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
Drove alone	76.8%	87.6%
Carpooled	6.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.7%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.7%	0.0%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
1-unit, detached	69.7%	87.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	1.0%
20 or more units	5.8%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	7.5%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Cavalier	St. Thomas
Poverty rate	7.6%	8.5%
Average household size	1.93	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	12	22
Median year structure built	1972	1960