Sheridan County vs Steele County

A side-by-side comparison of Sheridan County and Steele County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Steele County has the higher population (1,731 vs 1,327 in Sheridan County). Steele County has the higher median household income ($80,313 vs $67,361 in Sheridan County). Steele County has the higher median home value ($120,400 vs $107,700 in Sheridan County).

Population, income & housing

	Sheridan County	Steele County
Population	1,327	1,731
Median age	50.8 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,361	$80,313
Median home value	$107,700	$120,400
Median gross rent	$373	$630
Housing units	824	1,120
Homeownership rate	82.5%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	1.1%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sheridan County	Steele County
Population	1,409 → 1,327 (-5.8%)	1,744 → 1,731 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$51,055 → $67,361 (+31.9%)	$70,724 → $80,313 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$84,400 → $107,700 (+27.6%)	$85,300 → $120,400 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$521 → $373 (-28.4%)	$555 → $630 (+13.5%)

Sheridan County

Population

1,4091,327

Median household income

$51,055$67,361

Median home value

$84,400$107,700

Median gross rent

$521$373

Steele County

Population

1,7441,731

Median household income

$70,724$80,313

Median home value

$85,300$120,400

Median gross rent

$555$630

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Sheridan County	Steele County
Under 5	4.5%	6.1%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.1%	12.3%
45 to 54	12.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.5%
65 to 74	13.6%	13.1%
75 and over	18.0%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sheridan County	Steele County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.6%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sheridan County	Steele County
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	36.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.6%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sheridan County	Steele County
Drove alone	67.6%	71.6%
Carpooled	14.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.3%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	11.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Sheridan County	Steele County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	8.9%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Sheridan County	Steele County
Poverty rate	8.5%	13.3%
Average household size	1.96	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	26	16
Median year structure built	1966	1968