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Preston township, Brookings County, SD

60 Population
35.4 square miles 1.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.4 ±10.6 Median age
  • nearly double the figure in Brookings County: 28 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$122,895 ±$85,932 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in Brookings County: $35,295 ±$1,429
  • more than double the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

11.7% ±12.5% (7  ±9) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Brookings County: 13.2% † 4,236 (±1.9% / ±620)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

17.5 minutes ±8.9 (490  ±554) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Brookings County: 14.3 236,030 (±0.8 / ±16,032)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

34 ±29 Number of households
  • Brookings County: 13,798 ±279
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±2 (60  ±43) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Brookings County: 2.3 32,096 (±0.1 / ±124)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

92 ±90 Number of housing units
  • Brookings County: 15,179 ±63
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$418,400 ±$295,183 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Brookings County: $264,600 ±$11,840
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±46.9% (46  ±44.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Brookings County: 97.1% 18,639 (±4.9% / ±950)
  • about 10 percent 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)
67.4% ±60.8% (31  ±38.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Brookings County: 42.5% 8,159 (±3.4% / ±658.5)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • nearly double 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

N/A Foreign-born population

5.6% ±6.1% (3  ±4) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brookings County: 4.8% † 1,332 (±0.7% / ±205)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3 Total veterans ±4 3 Male ±4 N/A Female ±10

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