Des Lacs vs Douglas

A side-by-side comparison of Des Lacs and Douglas: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Des Lacs has the higher population (161 vs 84 in Douglas). Des Lacs has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $66,250 in Douglas). Des Lacs has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $52,500 in Douglas).

Population, income & housing

	Des Lacs	Douglas
Population	161	84
Median age	49.5 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$66,250
Median home value	$133,300	$52,500
Housing units	78	96
Homeownership rate	97.4%	70.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	15.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Lacs	Douglas
Population	227 → 161 (-29.1%)	68 → 84 (+23.5%)
Median household income	$69,444 → $66,750 (-3.9%)	$62,750 → $66,250 (+5.6%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $133,300 (+1.5%)	$57,500 → $52,500 (-8.7%)

Des Lacs

Population

227161

Median household income

$69,444$66,750

Median home value

$131,300$133,300

Douglas

Population

6884

Median household income

$62,750$66,250

Median home value

$57,500$52,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Lacs	Douglas
Under 5	5.0%	15.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	1.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	16.7%
35 to 44	8.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	8.7%	11.9%
55 to 64	32.3%	4.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	8.3%
75 and over	5.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Lacs	Douglas
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Lacs	Douglas
No high school diploma	17.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.3%	37.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	47.5%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Lacs	Douglas
Drove alone	71.6%	84.8%
Carpooled	26.7%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	15.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Lacs	Douglas
1-unit, detached	62.8%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Des Lacs	Douglas
Poverty rate	0.6%	2.4%
Average household size	2.06	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	25	11
Median year structure built	1975	1938