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Spearfish, SD

12,551 Population
17.2 square miles 728.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 43.8 ±0.8
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$43,516 ±$6,191 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: $42,663 ±$3,558
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$59,731 ±$8,414 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: $66,766 ±$5,800
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

15.2% ±4.6% (1,786  ±537) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 11.8% † 3,028 (±2.7% / ±694)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

14.8 minutes ±1.8 (92,195  ±12,599) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 18.1 242,630 (±1.4 / ±20,456)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

5,774 ±263 Number of households
  • the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 11,812 ±339
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2 ±0.1 (11,764  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 2.2 25,563 (±0.1 / ±39)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

2.4% ±2.1% (75  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 2.8% † 162 (±1.6% / ±95)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

6,238 ±291 Number of housing units
  • the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 14,545 ±35
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$309,200 ±$23,600 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: $310,800 ±$19,098
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

19.7% ±4% (2,447  ±500.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 14% † 3,690 (±2.4% / ±627.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

96% ±6.9% (7,904  ±646.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 95.4% 18,128 (±4.9% / ±958.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
43.6% ±5.1% (3,592  ±441.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 34.1% 6,480 (±2.9% / ±561.8)
  • about 1.4 times 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

1.9% ±1% (244  ±121) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 2.3% 615
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

10.5% ±2.5% (1,072  ±255) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Spearfish, SD Micro Area: 10.9% † 2,401 (±1.5% / ±326)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
1,072 Total veterans ±255 871 Male ±214 201 Female ±123

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