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Aberdeen, SD

28,297 Population
16.5 square miles 1,713.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 38.2 ±0.5
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,668 ±$1,795 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: $39,977 ±$1,449
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$63,715 ±$3,646 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: $70,761 ±$3,303
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

12.9% ±2.2% (3,511  ±589) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 10.4% † 4,246 (±1.5% / ±592)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

11.1 minutes ±0.7 (156,330  ±11,848) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 13.9 283,635 (±0.7 / ±16,241)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

12,341 ±344 Number of households
  • the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 17,953 ±365
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.2 ±0.1 (27,211  ±64) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 2.3 40,881 (±0.1 / ±61)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

7.5% ±2.9% (496  ±190) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 7.5% † 683 (±2.3% / ±208)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

13,395 ±217 Number of housing units
  • the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 19,901 ±72
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$205,500 ±$11,553 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: $208,200 ±$8,843
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

13.6% ±2.1% (3,808  ±594.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 11.6% † 4,826 (±1.6% / ±646.2)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

93.1% ±5.1% (17,143  ±977.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 93.8% 26,350 (±4% / ±1,131.6)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
33.6% ±2.9% (6,179  ±540.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 32.8% 9,218 (±2.3% / ±638.6)
  • about 10 percent 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

4.3% ±0.8% (1,208  ±236) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 3.4% 1,419
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

5.7% ±1.1% (1,224  ±241) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Aberdeen, SD Micro Area: 6.3% † 2,019 (±0.8% / ±249)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
1,224 Total veterans ±241 1,091 Male ±224 133 Female ±70

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