What is the population of Cavalier city?

Cavalier city has 1,304 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 406 in North Dakota.

What is the median household income in Cavalier city?

Median household income in Cavalier city is $57,188 a year, 27.2% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cavalier city?

Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $155,500, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.

Is Cavalier city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cavalier city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Cavalier, ND population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Cavalier, North Dakota (Cavalier, ND — Census place “Cavalier city”) is 1,304 residents, ranking #41 of 406 places in North Dakota. Median household income is $57,188, the median home is worth $155,500 and median gross rent runs $829 a month. Looking for the Cavalier North Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Cavalier, ND: 58220.

Population: 1,304Cavalier city residents
Median household income: $57,188Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $155,500Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $829Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 43.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51%Owner-occupied households

Cavalier ZIP codes (North Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Cavalier.

The Cavalier ND ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

58220

What the numbers mean in Cavalier city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Cavalier city median would spend about 17.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 7.6% of residents and 51% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Cavalier city, ND in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Cavalier city is a small town in North Dakota, with 1,304 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #41 of 406 ranked by population — larger than 90% of them. The median age here is 43.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Cavalier city earn a median of $57,188 a year, 27.2% below the national figure of $78,538 and 16% below the $68,472 median for the 51 North Dakota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 7.6% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Cavalier city is valued at $155,500, 48.7% below the national figure and 16% below the $185,700 peer median, while median gross rent runs $829 a month, 41% below the national figure, or roughly $9,948 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 17.4% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Cavalier city?: Cavalier city has 1,304 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #41 of 406 in North Dakota.
What is the median household income in Cavalier city?: Median household income in Cavalier city is $57,188 a year, 27.2% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Cavalier city?: Median gross rent is $829 a month and the median home value is $155,500, so rent absorbs about 17.4% of median household income.
Is Cavalier city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Cavalier city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 17.4% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Cavalier city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.