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Hamlin County, SD

6,288 Population
507 square miles 12.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

32.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,757 ±$3,403 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$83,194 ±$4,451 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

6.6% ±2.8% (402  ±171) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

21.8 minutes ±1.7 (59,520  ±5,285) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

2,181 ±91 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.8 ±0.1 (6,098  ±8) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

9.6% ±2.5% (123  ±32) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

2,831 ±34 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$207,700 ±$14,609 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

9.7% ±2.8% (597  ±175) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.6% ±5.3% (3,378  ±192.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
24.5% ±2.9% (892  ±105.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4% (249  ±31) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

6.7% ±1.2% (281  ±51) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
281 Total veterans ±51 254 Male ±49 27 Female ±14

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