Pembina County vs Ransom County

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

Pembina 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.

Pembina County has the higher population (6,787 vs 5,662 in Ransom County). Ransom County has the higher median household income ($74,521 vs $66,884 in Pembina County). Ransom County has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $116,600 in Pembina County).

Population, income & housing

	Pembina County	Ransom County
Population	6,787	5,662
Median age	45.5 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,884	$74,521
Median home value	$116,600	$174,800
Median gross rent	$692	$710
Housing units	3,517	2,538
Homeownership rate	74.5%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pembina County	Ransom County
Population	6,947 → 6,787 (-2.3%)	5,314 → 5,662 (+6.5%)
Median household income	$64,549 → $66,884 (+3.6%)	$63,903 → $74,521 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$93,300 → $116,600 (+25.0%)	$121,700 → $174,800 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $692 (+16.7%)	$669 → $710 (+6.1%)

Pembina County

Population

6,9476,787

Median household income

$64,549$66,884

Median home value

$93,300$116,600

Median gross rent

$593$692

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)

	Pembina County	Ransom County
Under 5	5.4%	5.6%
5 to 17	16.1%	17.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	10.0%
55 to 64	15.2%	14.3%
65 to 74	14.8%	11.5%
75 and over	10.7%	10.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pembina County	Ransom County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	92.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.3%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pembina County	Ransom County
No high school diploma	8.1%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.2%	30.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	15.6%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pembina County	Ransom County
Drove alone	75.6%	76.0%
Carpooled	11.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	3.6%
Bicycle	1.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pembina County	Ransom County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	11.5%
20 or more units	2.1%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	5.9%	6.7%

Poverty & households

	Pembina County	Ransom County
Poverty rate	8.7%	10.9%
Average household size	2.23	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1967	1964