Census Reporter Logo Census Reporter

Dakota Valley School District 61-8, SD

8,312 Population
26.8 square miles 309.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

Find data for this place

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.

Demographics

39.8 ±4.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Union County: 41.5 ±1.3
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,092 ±$8,765 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Union County: $53,834 ±$4,396
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$94,419 ±$9,754 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Union County: $89,636 ±$5,949
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6% ±2.2% (493  ±178) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 6.2% † 1,049 (±1.4% / ±235)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.1 minutes ±0.6 (52,435  ±5,045) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Union County: 17.7 145,525 (±1.1 / ±11,168)
  • 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

3,617 ±161 Number of households
  • Union County: 7,310 ±118
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (8,312  ±227) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.3 16,946 (±0 / ±38)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8% ±5.7% (140  ±102) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Union County: 8.2% † 288 (±3.5% / ±125)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

3,670 ±163 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 7,588 ±28
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$431,400 ±$32,573 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Union County: $301,100 ±$18,340
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

15.9% ±5.6% (1,307  ±464.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 11.4% † 1,924 (±3% / ±503.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.9% ±7.5% (5,526  ±498.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 95.7% 11,329 (±5.3% / ±637.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
43.9% ±5.9% (2,503  ±352.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 37% 4,383 (±3.5% / ±409.3)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about 25 percent higher than 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

2.8% ±1.8% (231  ±152) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Union County: 2% 342
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8% ±3% (515  ±191) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 7.6% † 979 (±1.8% / ±227)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
515 Total veterans ±191 442 Male ±144 73 Female ±63

Hover for margins of error and contextual data.