Slope County vs Steele County

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

Slope 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 795 in Slope County). Steele County has the higher median household income ($80,313 vs $62,500 in Slope County). Slope County has the higher median home value ($121,300 vs $120,400 in Steele County).

Population, income & housing

	Slope County	Steele County
Population	795	1,731
Median age	54.2 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,500	$80,313
Median home value	$121,300	$120,400
Median gross rent	$719	$630
Housing units	458	1,120
Homeownership rate	87.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Slope County	Steele County
Population	742 → 795 (+7.1%)	1,744 → 1,731 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$63,611 → $62,500 (-1.7%)	$70,724 → $80,313 (+13.6%)
Median home value	$101,800 → $121,300 (+19.2%)	$85,300 → $120,400 (+41.1%)
Median gross rent	$633 → $719 (+13.6%)	$555 → $630 (+13.5%)

Slope County

Population

742795

Median household income

$63,611$62,500

Median home value

$101,800$121,300

Median gross rent

$633$719

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)

	Slope County	Steele County
Under 5	1.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.0%	15.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	9.1%	10.1%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.4%	8.1%
55 to 64	21.6%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.8%	13.1%
75 and over	11.7%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Slope County	Steele County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	93.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Slope County	Steele County
No high school diploma	8.7%	5.5%
High school graduate	33.8%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.3%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Slope County	Steele County
Drove alone	59.9%	71.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.4%	7.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	11.1%
Other means	1.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Slope County	Steele County
1-unit, detached	86.9%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.1%
20 or more units	0.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	10.6%

Poverty & households

	Slope County	Steele County
Poverty rate	6.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.34	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1954	1968