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Fort Thompson, SD

1,134 Population
10.4 square miles 109.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

29.6 ±6.8 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Buffalo County: 26.2 † ±3.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$15,513 ±$3,320 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Buffalo County: $17,408 † ±$2,610
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$45,313 ±$11,837 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Buffalo County: $47,000 † ±$9,789
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

40.5% ±9.9% (456  ±142) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Buffalo County: 32.5% † 568 (±7.2% / ±145)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

11.9 minutes ±3.2 (4,225  ±1,537) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Buffalo County: 14.1 † 7,055 (±2.5 / ±1,880)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

326 ±61 Number of households
  • Buffalo County: 496 † ±61
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
3.5 ±0.2 (1,134  ±219) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Buffalo County: 3.5 1,756 (±0.1 / ±221)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

7.6% ±5.2% (22  ±16) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Buffalo County: 5.4% † 22 (±3.8% / ±16)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

376 ±55 Number of housing units
  • Buffalo County: 577 ±53
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$110,300 ±$49,131 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Buffalo County: $108,000 † ±$26,146
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

2.3% ±3.7% (25  ±41.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Buffalo County: 3.2% † 56 (±2.8% / ±48.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

82.4% ±2.6% (521  ±88.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Buffalo County: 85.6% 784 (±6.3% / ±107)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
4.3% ±4.9% (27  ±31.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Buffalo County: 7% † 64 (±3.5% / ±32.8)
  • less than a fifth 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

N/A Foreign-born population

10.3% ±5.2% (79  ±42) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Buffalo County: 11.4% † 128 (±4.2% / ±50)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
79 Total veterans ±42 71 Male ±40 8 Female ±9

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