Cavalier County vs Sargent County

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

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

Sargent County has the higher population (3,822 vs 3,663 in Cavalier County). Sargent County has the higher median household income ($77,697 vs $67,064 in Cavalier County). Sargent County has the higher median home value ($149,600 vs $122,300 in Cavalier County).

Population, income & housing

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
Population	3,663	3,822
Median age	47.1 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,064	$77,697
Median home value	$122,300	$149,600
Median gross rent	$859	$835
Housing units	2,115	1,997
Homeownership rate	82.8%	73.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
Population	3,803 → 3,663 (-3.7%)	3,872 → 3,822 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$64,798 → $67,064 (+3.5%)	$63,073 → $77,697 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$104,500 → $122,300 (+17.0%)	$110,200 → $149,600 (+35.8%)
Median gross rent	$571 → $859 (+50.4%)	$711 → $835 (+17.4%)

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

Sargent County

Population

3,8723,822

Median household income

$63,073$77,697

Median home value

$110,200$149,600

Median gross rent

$711$835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
Under 5	6.7%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.8%
25 to 34	8.2%	13.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	10.7%	11.2%
55 to 64	14.7%	15.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	13.1%
75 and over	12.6%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
White (non-Hispanic)	92.8%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
No high school diploma	6.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	25.1%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	45.7%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree	19.4%	14.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
Drove alone	77.2%	73.2%
Carpooled	10.7%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.2%	6.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
1-unit, detached	79.4%	75.7%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	5.8%
5 to 19 units	3.0%	6.2%
20 or more units	3.3%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	8.5%

Poverty & households

	Cavalier County	Sargent County
Poverty rate	7.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.32	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1970	1972