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Dell Rapids, SD

3,947 Population
2.3 square miles 1,750.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.7 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 36.1 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$44,242 ±$4,187 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: $43,434 ±$1,015
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$101,250 ±$19,408 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: $81,418 ±$1,876
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

6.2% ±4% (240  ±154) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 8.1% 23,248 (±0.6% / ±1,803)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

25.1 minutes ±4.8 (47,515  ±9,886) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 18.7 2,712,980 (±0.3 / ±52,127)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

1,585 ±117 Number of households
  • the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 118,748 ±730
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.5 ±0.2 (3,888  ±19) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 2.4 286,557 (±0 / ±126)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

2.4% ±2.2% (20  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-third of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 7.4% 4,986 (±0.7% / ±479)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

1,663 ±125 Number of housing units
  • the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 125,197 ±109
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$284,400 ±$28,074 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: $274,800 ±$3,933
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

11.2% ±6% (438  ±237.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 14.3% 41,397 (±0.8% / ±2,377.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

96.7% ±9.9% (2,741  ±314.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 93.7% 181,413 (±1.5% / ±2,899)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
36.2% ±5.9% (1,026  ±175.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 35.8% 69,211 (±0.9% / ±1,751.6)
  • about 20 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

1.8% ±2% (69  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 6.7% 19,493
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

12.4% ±4% (365  ±117) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area: 6.8% 14,686 (±0.4% / ±824)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
365 Total veterans ±117 346 Male ±117 19 Female ±21

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