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Wessington, SD

192 Population
0.4 square miles 508.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33 ±4.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 36.9 ±0.8
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,415 ±$7,589 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Huron, SD Micro Area: $31,506 ±$2,215
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$65,250 ±$32,811 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Huron, SD Micro Area: $63,082 ±$5,255
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

20.8% ±15.6% (40  ±32) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 13.8% † 2,609 (±3.1% / ±583)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

14.4 minutes ±2.8 (1,350  ±509) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 14.1 122,090 (±1 / ±10,409)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

81 ±24 Number of households
  • the Huron, SD Micro Area: 7,485 ±212
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.4 ±1 (192  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 2.5 18,695 (±0.1 / ±80)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

12.9% ±15.2% (8  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 9.8% † 374 (±4% / ±154)
  • about double the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

107 ±30 Number of housing units
  • the Huron, SD Micro Area: 8,453 ±42
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$95,000 ±$32,719 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in the Huron, SD Micro Area: $178,400 ±$10,717
  • about two-fifths of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

3.2% ±8.4% (6  ±15.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 13.7% † 2,569 (±3.1% / ±583.1)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

97.4% ±10.8% (112  ±32.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 85.1% 10,541 (±4.9% / ±627.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
22.6% ±16.7% (26  ±20.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 26.4% † 3,270 (±2.9% / ±360.9)
  • about three-quarters 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

2.6% ±2.5% (5  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 12.6% 2,425
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

7.1% ±5.2% (9  ±7) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Huron, SD Micro Area: 5.7% † 786 (±1.4% / ±191)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
9 Total veterans ±7 9 Male ±7 N/A Female ±10

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