Cavalier County vs Pierce County

A side-by-side comparison of Cavalier County and Pierce County: population, income, housing, and more.

Cavalier County and Pierce County are counties in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Pierce County has the higher population (3,961 vs 3,663 in Cavalier County). Cavalier County has the higher median household income ($67,064 vs $63,214 in Pierce County). Pierce County has the higher median home value ($143,400 vs $122,300 in Cavalier County).

Population, income & housing

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
Population	3,663	3,961
Median age	47.1 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,064	$63,214
Median home value	$122,300	$143,400
Median gross rent	$859	$807
Housing units	2,115	2,077
Homeownership rate	82.8%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
Population	3,803 → 3,663 (-3.7%)	4,126 → 3,961 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$64,798 → $67,064 (+3.5%)	$55,660 → $63,214 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $122,300 (+17.0%)	$128,600 → $143,400 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $859 (+50.4%)	$680 → $807 (+18.7%)

Cavalier County

Population

3,8033,663

Median household income

$64,798$67,064

Median home value

$104,500$122,300

Median gross rent

$571$859

Pierce County

Population

4,1263,961

Median household income

$55,660$63,214

Median home value

$128,600$143,400

Median gross rent

$680$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
Under 5	6.7%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.4%
25 to 34	8.2%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	11.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.8%
75 and over	12.6%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	93.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	3.4%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.1%
High school graduate	25.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	6.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
Drove alone	77.2%	84.6%
Carpooled	10.7%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.2%	8.8%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
1-unit, detached	79.4%	82.3%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	1.4%
20 or more units	3.3%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Cavalier County	Pierce County
Poverty rate	7.7%	12.2%
Average household size	2.32	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	16	11
Median year structure built	1970	1971