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Ashton, SD

204 Population
0.4 square miles 465.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±19.1 Median age
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Spink County: 45.5 ±0.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$24,690 ±$10,298 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Spink County: $38,078 ±$2,556
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about half the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$54,712 ±$26,205 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Spink County: $70,139 † ±$9,006
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.7% ±21.6% (30  ±46) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Spink County: 10.1% † 615 (±3.4% / ±205)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

10.4 minutes ±11.2 (550  ±351) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Spink County: 17.1 † 43,560 (±2.3 / ±6,504)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about two-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

65 ±24 Number of households
  • Spink County: 2,486 ±103
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.7 (204  ±89) Persons per household
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Spink County: 2.4 5,943 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

31.3% ±27.3% (20  ±20) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Spink County: 8% † 89 (±3.8% / ±43)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

69 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Spink County: 3,010 ±29
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$60,800 ±$32,396 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Spink County: $123,300 † ±$17,907
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

89.7% ±22.1% (96  ±40.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Spink County: 93.7% 4,226 (±5.8% / ±272.9)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
19.6% ±25.2% (21  ±28) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Spink County: 28.2% † 1,273 (±3.6% / ±164)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about half 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

15.9% ±9.5% (20  ±14) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in Spink County: 7.8% † 380 (±1.3% / ±62)
  • about 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)
20 Total veterans ±14 20 Male ±14 N/A Female ±10

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