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Wessington city, Beadle County, SD

184 Population
0.3 square miles 544.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31.5 ±8.5 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Beadle County: 37.6 ±1
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,395 ±$12,094 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Beadle County: $33,964 ±$2,680
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$48,750 ±$34,840 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Beadle County: $67,681 ±$5,231
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

22.3% ±14.9% (41  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Beadle County: 13.6% † 2,581 (±3.3% / ±621)
  • nearly double the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

14.5 minutes ±3.3 (1,465  ±563) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Beadle County: 13.4 118,225 (±0.9 / ±9,084)
  • about 80 percent 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

76 ±22 Number of households
  • Beadle County: 7,536 ±234
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (184  ±55) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Beadle County: 2.5 18,688 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.1% ±16.9% (7  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Beadle County: 9.1% † 360 (±4.2% / ±165)
  • 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

92 ±25 Number of housing units
  • Beadle County: 8,474 ±44
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$93,300 ±$31,562 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about half the amount in Beadle County: $175,100 ±$12,250
  • about one-third of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about one-quarter of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.2% ±8.3% (4  ±14.8) Moved since previous year
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Beadle County: 12.2% † 2,305 (±3% / ±570.7)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.2% ±14.1% (95  ±29.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Beadle County: 87.5% 10,899 (±4.9% / ±631.5)
  • 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)
23.3% ±19.9% (24  ±21.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beadle County: 27.2% † 3,382 (±3% / ±370.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-thirds 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

3.3% ±3.1% (6  ±6) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Beadle County: 12.1% 2,329
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

6.7% ±4.7% (8  ±6) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Beadle County: 6.2% † 859 (±1.3% / ±180)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
8 Total veterans ±6 8 Male ±6 N/A Female ±10

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