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Gettysburg, SD

1,260 Population
1.9 square miles 656 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52 ±6.6 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Potter County: 49.9 ±3.8
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,873 ±$5,100 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Potter County: $39,966 ±$3,672
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$63,929 ±$17,988 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Potter County: $72,045 † ±$16,190
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.8% ±2.3% (59  ±29) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Potter County: 6.2% † 143 (±2.1% / ±49)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

12.7 minutes ±2.3 (8,175  ±1,948) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Potter County: 14.2 † 15,085 (±1.6 / ±2,182)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

604 ±72 Number of households
  • Potter County: 1,066 ±75
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (1,222  ±162) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Potter County: 2.2 2,326 (±0.2 / ±127)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.3% ±4.4% (14  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Potter County: 8.6% † 35 (±6.2% / ±26)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

705 ±82 Number of housing units
  • Potter County: 1,567 ±55
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$125,000 ±$30,862 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Potter County: $121,300 † ±$23,890
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.4% ±4.5% (130  ±58.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Potter County: 7% † 166 (±2.8% / ±65.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±5.5% (929  ±113.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Potter County: 96.3% 1,695 (±6.7% / ±139)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
28.3% ±5.5% (276  ±61.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Potter County: 27.2% † 479 (±4.3% / ±79.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.8% ±1.4% (23  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Potter County: 1.3% † 32 (±0.9% / ±21)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.4% ±2.5% (56  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Potter County: 5.3% † 100 (±1.6% / ±30)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
56 Total veterans ±26 56 Male ±26 N/A Female ±10

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