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Moody County, SD

6,397 Population
519.4 square miles 12.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.8 ±0.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,998 ±$2,256 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,427 ±$5,497 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

11.6% ±2.3% (734  ±147) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.9 minutes ±2.2 (55,530  ±6,728) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,559 ±95 Number of households
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (6,306  ±5) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.2% ±3.6% (132  ±43) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,759 ±56 Number of housing units
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$226,500 ±$19,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.5% ±1.7% (470  ±104.6) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.1% ±5.9% (4,076  ±258.9) High school grad or higher
  • 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)
30.4% ±3.7% (1,303  ±160.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about 80 percent 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

4.1% (261  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.2% ±1.4% (338  ±64) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
338 Total veterans ±64 324 Male ±61 14 Female ±10

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