Crary vs Devils Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Crary and Devils Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Devils Lake has the higher population (7,170 vs 131 in Crary). Crary has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $42,755 in Devils Lake). Devils Lake has the higher median home value ($171,000 vs $75,000 in Crary).

Population, income & housing

	Crary	Devils Lake
Population	131	7,170
Median age	39.8 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$70,000	$42,755
Median home value	$75,000	$171,000
Median gross rent	—	$678
Housing units	54	3,802
Homeownership rate	94.4%	43.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crary	Devils Lake
Population	113 → 131 (+15.9%)	7,344 → 7,170 (-2.4%)
Median household income	$72,917 → $70,000 (-4.0%)	$47,218 → $42,755 (-9.5%)
Median home value	$125,000 → $75,000 (-40.0%)	$138,600 → $171,000 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$566 → $678 (+19.8%)

Crary

Population

113131

Median household income

$72,917$70,000

Median home value

$125,000$75,000

Devils Lake

Population

7,3447,170

Median household income

$47,218$42,755

Median home value

$138,600$171,000

Median gross rent

$566$678

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crary	Devils Lake
Under 5	5.3%	8.6%
5 to 17	20.6%	15.4%
18 to 24	11.5%	8.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.9%
35 to 44	6.9%	11.4%
45 to 54	9.9%	8.9%
55 to 64	25.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.1%	11.7%
75 and over	6.1%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crary	Devils Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	69.5%	77.5%
Black or African American	2.3%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	6.1%	13.2%
Asian	1.5%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	17.6%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.1%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crary	Devils Lake
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.1%
High school graduate	50.0%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	24.4%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	21.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crary	Devils Lake
Drove alone	94.4%	72.6%
Carpooled	5.6%	12.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	8.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crary	Devils Lake
1-unit, detached	70.4%	43.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	16.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	15.2%
Mobile home & other	29.6%	5.5%

Poverty & households

	Crary	Devils Lake
Poverty rate	14.5%	24.0%
Average household size	2.43	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	30	12
Median year structure built	1973	1976