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Elk Point city, Union County, SD

2,391 Population
1.5 square miles 1,543.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.9 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Union County: 40.4 ±1.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,728 ±$3,394 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Union County: $49,563 ±$4,247
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$83,250 ±$22,346 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Union County: $84,137 ±$6,432
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

7.2% ±5.7% (168  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 7.3% † 1,218 (±2% / ±341)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

21.3 minutes ±2 (25,140  ±4,648) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 18.7 148,530 (±1.1 / ±10,866)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

889 ±122 Number of households
  • Union County: 7,124 ±140
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.6 ±0.5 (2,321  ±278) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Union County: 2.4 16,781 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

9% ±5.5% (48  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Union County: 6.9% † 245 (±2.8% / ±100)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

935 ±120 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 7,438 ±36
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$228,400 ±$17,989 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Union County: $269,500 ±$15,390
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

6.3% ±4.3% (148  ±101.6) Moved since previous year
  • about half the rate in Union County: 11.8% † 1,967 (±2.7% / ±447.2)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

95.4% ±6.6% (1,493  ±207.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 94.9% 11,070 (±5.1% / ±602.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
32.8% ±6.1% (513  ±113.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 36.5% 4,258 (±3.4% / ±394.1)
  • a little higher than 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

0.2% ±0.3% (4  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Union County: 2.4% 399
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

8.1% ±3.2% (133  ±54) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 7.7% † 986 (±1.4% / ±184)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
133 Total veterans ±54 123 Male ±54 10 Female ±15

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