Des Lacs vs Sawyer

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

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

Sawyer has the higher population (305 vs 161 in Des Lacs). Des Lacs has the higher median household income ($66,750 vs $65,625 in Sawyer). Sawyer has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $133,300 in Des Lacs).

Population, income & housing

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
Population	161	305
Median age	49.5 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$66,750	$65,625
Median home value	$133,300	$181,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,600
Housing units	78	137
Homeownership rate	97.4%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.0%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
Population	227 → 161 (-29.1%)	301 → 305 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$69,444 → $66,750 (-3.9%)	$88,333 → $65,625 (-25.7%)
Median home value	$131,300 → $133,300 (+1.5%)	$157,700 → $181,300 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$950 → $1,600 (+68.4%)

Des Lacs

Population

227161

Median household income

$69,444$66,750

Median home value

$131,300$133,300

Sawyer

Population

301305

Median household income

$88,333$65,625

Median home value

$157,700$181,300

Median gross rent

$950$1,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
Under 5	5.0%	10.8%
5 to 17	11.8%	16.1%
18 to 24	10.6%	3.6%
25 to 34	8.1%	22.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	5.6%
45 to 54	8.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	32.3%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.5%
75 and over	5.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.7%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
No high school diploma	17.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.3%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
Drove alone	71.6%	85.7%
Carpooled	26.7%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	1.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	62.8%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.2%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Des Lacs	Sawyer
Poverty rate	0.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1975	1963