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Chester township, Lake County, SD

641 Population
33.2 square miles 19.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.5 ±10.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Lake County: 43.8 ±0.6
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,982 ±$6,127 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake County: $45,963 † ±$5,223
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,375 ±$28,427 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake County: $76,808 ±$7,301
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±7% (53  ±47) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 8.4% † 872 (±2.4% / ±252)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.7 minutes ±9.4 (6,760  ±1,980) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Lake County: 14.9 76,170 (±1 / ±7,206)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

304 ±76 Number of households
  • Lake County: 4,716 ±171
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (641  ±168) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lake County: 2.2 10,438 (±0.1 / ±24)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±3% (3  ±4) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lake County: 9.9% † 199 (±4.7% / ±96)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

479 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Lake County: 5,797 ±29
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$235,300 ±$81,848 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Lake County: $247,600 ±$21,400
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

3% ±3.5% (19  ±22.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lake County: 14.7% † 1,597 (±3.5% / ±384.6)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±31.9% (449  ±99) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake County: 93.4% 7,182 (±6% / ±471.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.6% ±5.1% (124  ±41.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake County: 34.6% † 2,662 (±3.6% / ±281.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

14.6% ±9.9% (77  ±56) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in Lake County: 7.8% † 682 (±1.5% / ±128)
  • nearly double the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
77 Total veterans ±56 72 Male ±55 5 Female ±5

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