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Lead, SD

3,006 Population
2.1 square miles 1,460.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.5 ±13.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 44.8 ±0.5
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,887 ±$5,193 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: $44,386 ±$3,489
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,047 ±$33,268 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: $73,384 ±$4,448
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.5% ±4.1% (222  ±121) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 11.6% † 3,052 (±2.6% / ±685)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.2 minutes ±5.1 (34,975  ±9,497) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 19.1 257,290 (±1.5 / ±22,590)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,345 ±160 Number of households
  • the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 12,054 ±374
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.3 (2,999  ±22) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 2.2 26,304 (±0.1 / ±38)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.2% ±0.4% (1  ±2) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 3.4% † 198 (±2% / ±116)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,679 ±188 Number of housing units
  • the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 14,840 ±40
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$189,400 ±$19,340 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: $346,500 ±$16,964
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.9% ±2.9% (146  ±88) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 13.2% † 3,564 (±2.3% / ±631.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.5% ±13% (2,230  ±336.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 95.4% 18,927 (±5.1% / ±1,013.2)
  • 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)
20.5% ±7.3% (484  ±173.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 32.9% 6,533 (±3.1% / ±609.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about three-fifths 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

0.9% ±1.7% (27  ±51) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 2% 555
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

9% ±3.5% (230  ±91) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 10.4% † 2,366 (±1.6% / ±374)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
230 Total veterans ±91 211 Male ±93 19 Female ±22

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