Kenmare vs Sawyer

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

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

Kenmare has the higher population (1,027 vs 305 in Sawyer). Sawyer has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $64,167 in Kenmare). Sawyer has the higher median home value ($181,300 vs $122,000 in Kenmare).

Population, income & housing

	Kenmare	Sawyer
Population	1,027	305
Median age	50.3 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,167	$65,625
Median home value	$122,000	$181,300
Median gross rent	$815	$1,600
Housing units	652	137
Homeownership rate	70.2%	93.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	19.3%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kenmare	Sawyer
Population	939 → 1,027 (+9.4%)	301 → 305 (+1.3%)
Median household income	$60,500 → $64,167 (+6.1%)	$88,333 → $65,625 (-25.7%)
Median home value	$97,200 → $122,000 (+25.5%)	$157,700 → $181,300 (+15.0%)
Median gross rent	$735 → $815 (+10.9%)	$950 → $1,600 (+68.4%)

Kenmare

Population

9391,027

Median household income

$60,500$64,167

Median home value

$97,200$122,000

Median gross rent

$735$815

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)

	Kenmare	Sawyer
Under 5	4.3%	10.8%
5 to 17	14.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	9.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	22.3%
35 to 44	7.0%	5.6%
45 to 54	12.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.9%	9.5%
75 and over	15.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kenmare	Sawyer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	98.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kenmare	Sawyer
No high school diploma	8.1%	3.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	43.9%
Some college or associate's	42.1%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.6%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kenmare	Sawyer
Drove alone	74.5%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.7%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	13.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.6%	1.3%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kenmare	Sawyer
1-unit, detached	72.7%	91.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.1%	5.8%

Poverty & households

	Kenmare	Sawyer
Poverty rate	7.0%	8.9%
Average household size	2.01	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	17	20
Median year structure built	1967	1963