Dickey County vs Ransom County

A side-by-side comparison of Dickey County and Ransom County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ransom County has the higher population (5,662 vs 4,959 in Dickey County). Ransom County has the higher median household income ($74,521 vs $63,125 in Dickey County). Ransom County has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $167,100 in Dickey County).

Population, income & housing

	Dickey County	Ransom County
Population	4,959	5,662
Median age	38.6 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$63,125	$74,521
Median home value	$167,100	$174,800
Median gross rent	$749	$710
Housing units	2,386	2,538
Homeownership rate	78.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.1%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dickey County	Ransom County
Population	4,938 → 4,959 (+0.4%)	5,314 → 5,662 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$65,492 → $63,125 (-3.6%)	$63,903 → $74,521 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$118,100 → $167,100 (+41.5%)	$121,700 → $174,800 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $749 (+15.2%)	$669 → $710 (+6.1%)

Dickey County

Population

4,9384,959

Median household income

$65,492$63,125

Median home value

$118,100$167,100

Median gross rent

$650$749

Ransom County

Population

5,3145,662

Median household income

$63,903$74,521

Median home value

$121,700$174,800

Median gross rent

$669$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dickey County	Ransom County
Under 5	5.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	18.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.9%	10.4%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.0%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.5%
75 and over	8.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dickey County	Ransom County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	1.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.9%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dickey County	Ransom County
No high school diploma	8.6%	9.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	38.3%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dickey County	Ransom County
Drove alone	73.7%	76.0%
Carpooled	8.9%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	9.9%
Other means	2.0%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dickey County	Ransom County
1-unit, detached	82.6%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	11.5%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Dickey County	Ransom County
Poverty rate	10.8%	10.9%
Average household size	2.37	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1965	1964