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Watertown city, Codington County, SD

22,859 Population
18.4 square miles 1,239.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.4 ±1 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Codington County: 39.9 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,225 ±$3,153 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Codington County: $37,308 ±$2,548
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$62,721 ±$5,186 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Codington County: $65,080 ±$5,327
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

10.7% ±2% (2,404  ±439) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in Codington County: 10.2% † 2,867 (±1.7% / ±476)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

13.7 minutes ±1.4 (156,470  ±18,107) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Codington County: 14.9 211,010 (±1.2 / ±18,869)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

10,237 ±312 Number of households
  • Codington County: 12,361 ±326
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.2 ±0.1 (22,319  ±25) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Codington County: 2.3 27,990 (±0.1 / ±15)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

3.8% ±2.7% (187  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Codington County: 5% † 292 (±2.4% / ±140)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

10,984 ±171 Number of housing units
  • Codington County: 13,388 ±37
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$212,300 ±$11,807 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Codington County: $218,000 ±$11,928
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

14% ±2.6% (3,174  ±590.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Codington County: 12.4% † 3,519 (±2.2% / ±615.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

91.4% ±5.5% (14,277  ±878.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Codington County: 92.4% 18,007 (±4.6% / ±904)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
21.2% ±2.6% (3,316  ±412.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Codington County: 20.9% † 4,071 (±2.2% / ±424.8)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)

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

1.3% ±0.7% (299  ±169) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Codington County: 1.2% 347
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

8.2% ±1.3% (1,452  ±231) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Codington County: 8% † 1,750 (±1.1% / ±239)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
1,452 Total veterans ±231 1,385 Male ±228 67 Female ±54

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