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Lead city, Lawrence County, SD

2,997 Population
2.1 square miles 1,456 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±16 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 43.8 ±0.8
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,190 ±$4,674 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $42,663 ±$3,558
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$57,348 ±$24,424 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lawrence County: $66,766 ±$5,800
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

7.3% ±4.7% (218  ±141) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 11.8% † 3,028 (±2.7% / ±694)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

21.9 minutes ±5.8 (35,620  ±10,563) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lawrence County: 18.1 242,630 (±1.4 / ±20,456)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

1,454 ±181 Number of households
  • Lawrence County: 11,812 ±339
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.1 ±0.3 (2,991  ±13) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Lawrence County: 2.2 25,563 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

4.5% ±5.6% (26  ±33) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Lawrence County: 2.8% † 162 (±1.6% / ±95)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

1,795 ±203 Number of housing units
  • Lawrence County: 14,545 ±35
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$192,800 ±$27,420 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lawrence County: $310,800 ±$19,098
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

3% ±2.5% (89  ±75.9) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lawrence County: 14% † 3,690 (±2.4% / ±627.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

95.7% ±13.3% (2,301  ±352.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lawrence County: 95.4% 18,128 (±4.9% / ±958.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
19.8% ±6.8% (475  ±165.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lawrence County: 34.1% 6,480 (±2.9% / ±561.8)
  • about two-thirds of 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

0.4% ±0.6% (11  ±19) Foreign-born population
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lawrence County: 2.3% 615
  • about 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

9% ±3.9% (227  ±100) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lawrence County: 10.9% † 2,401 (±1.5% / ±326)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
227 Total veterans ±100 209 Male ±94 18 Female ±23

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