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Volga city, Brookings County, SD

2,246 Population
1.1 square miles 1,963.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29 ±4.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Brookings County: 28 ±0.3
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$34,647 ±$3,574 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Brookings County: $34,769 ±$1,483
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$75,417 ±$14,475 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brookings County: $67,341 ±$4,801
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

7.5% ±5.1% (168  ±117) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Brookings County: 12.8% † 4,078 (±2.1% / ±665)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

15.3 minutes ±1 (17,675  ±3,330) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Brookings County: 13.8 229,825 (±0.7 / ±14,349)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

936 ±136 Number of households
  • Brookings County: 13,490 ±331
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.4 ±0.2 (2,246  ±362) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Brookings County: 2.4 31,701 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

3.5% ±2.9% (21  ±18) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Brookings County: 3.4% † 325 (±1.2% / ±114)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

1,017 ±143 Number of housing units
  • Brookings County: 15,025 ±62
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$220,200 ±$20,203 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Brookings County: $246,300 ±$8,167
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

15.8% ±6.6% (352  ±158.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Brookings County: 24.2% † 8,375 (±2.9% / ±990)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

98.8% ±22.3% (1,345  ±196.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Brookings County: 96.7% 18,426 (±4.6% / ±887.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
41.6% ±7.9% (566  ±145) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Brookings County: 44% 8,376 (±3.1% / ±588.8)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.6% ±0.7% (13  ±15) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Brookings County: 5.7% 1,978
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

4.1% ±1.8% (68  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brookings County: 4.9% † 1,340 (±0.8% / ±222)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
68 Total veterans ±31 68 Male ±31 N/A Female ±10

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