Des Lacs vs Ryder

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

Des Lacs and Ryder 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 135 in Ryder). Des Lacs has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $41,250 in Ryder). Des Lacs has the higher median home value ($133,300 vs $55,000 in Ryder).

Population, income & housing

	Des Lacs	Ryder
Population	161	135
Median age	49.5 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$41,250
Median home value	$133,300	$55,000
Housing units	78	52
Homeownership rate	97.4%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	2.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Lacs	Ryder
Population	227 → 161 (-29.1%)	145 → 135 (-6.9%)
Median household income	$69,444 → $66,750 (-3.9%)	$35,938 → $41,250 (+14.8%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $133,300 (+1.5%)	$101,300 → $55,000 (-45.7%)

Des Lacs

Population

227161

Median household income

$69,444$66,750

Median home value

$131,300$133,300

Ryder

Population

145135

Median household income

$35,938$41,250

Median home value

$101,300$55,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Lacs	Ryder
Under 5	5.0%	16.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	14.8%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.0%
25 to 34	8.1%	22.2%
35 to 44	8.7%	6.7%
45 to 54	8.7%	7.4%
55 to 64	32.3%	5.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	17.8%
75 and over	5.0%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Lacs	Ryder
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	92.6%
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%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Lacs	Ryder
No high school diploma	17.9%	14.6%
High school graduate	33.3%	61.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	21.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	2.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Lacs	Ryder
Drove alone	71.6%	70.5%
Carpooled	26.7%	9.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	15.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Lacs	Ryder
1-unit, detached	62.8%	67.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	13.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	19.2%

Poverty & households

	Des Lacs	Ryder
Poverty rate	0.6%	26.7%
Average household size	2.06	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	25	37
Median year structure built	1975	1938