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Lemmon, SD

1,208 Population
1.1 square miles 1,100.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±8.9 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Perkins County: 44 ±3.2
  • about 20 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

$29,342 ±$3,497 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Perkins County: $46,783 † ±$11,017
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$50,147 ±$16,077 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Perkins County: $66,908 † ±$9,644
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22% ±7.2% (256  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Perkins County: 13.7% † 406 (±3.9% / ±117)
  • nearly double the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

9.2 minutes ±2.1 (4,570  ±1,377) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Perkins County: 14.8 14,895 (±1.2 / ±2,859)
  • about half the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

544 ±69 Number of households
  • Perkins County: 1,309 ±95
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (1,124  ±163) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perkins County: 2.2 2,917 (±0.2 / ±134)
  • about 90 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

1.9% ±2.3% (4  ±5) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Perkins County: 4.2% † 24 (±1.8% / ±11)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

687 ±84 Number of housing units
  • Perkins County: 1,744 ±62
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$86,200 ±$8,576 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Perkins County: $114,600 † ±$15,529
  • about one-third of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4% ±1.9% (48  ±23.6) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Perkins County: 3.9% † 116 (±1.6% / ±46.2)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.5% ±3.3% (833  ±100.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Perkins County: 94.9% 2,045 (±6.6% / ±167.7)
  • 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)
22.9% ±5.6% (206  ±55.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perkins County: 24.9% † 536 (±4.1% / ±92.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-thirds 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% ±1.2% (12  ±14) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Perkins County: 1.3% † 39 (±1.2% / ±37)
  • 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

7.7% ±3.2% (72  ±31) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Perkins County: 9.7% † 226 (±2.8% / ±65)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
72 Total veterans ±31 68 Male ±30 4 Female ±6

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