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West Custer UT, Custer County, SD

3,931 Population
745.5 square miles 5.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

59.9 ±3.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Custer County: 57.6 ±1
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$54,465 ±$13,118 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Custer County: $52,898 † ±$7,321
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$88,659 ±$11,415 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Custer County: $84,112 ±$3,932
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.8% ±4% (306  ±158) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Custer County: 9% † 786 (±2.6% / ±231)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

36 minutes ±8.8 (47,315  ±16,789) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Custer County: 29.5 † 106,050 (±3.9 / ±16,906)
  • about double the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,936 ±210 Number of households
  • Custer County: 4,451 ±167
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2 ±0.1 (3,833  ±438) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Custer County: 2 8,668 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.6% ±4.7% (17  ±23) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Custer County: 3.4% † 47 (±2.3% / ±31)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,367 ±238 Number of housing units
  • Custer County: 5,291 ±186
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$448,500 ±$77,040 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Custer County: $372,100 † ±$47,295
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6% ±3% (235  ±119.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Custer County: 7.8% † 692 (±2.4% / ±213.5)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.6% ±6.3% (3,176  ±406.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Custer County: 94.7% 6,938 (±7.7% / ±567.5)
  • a little 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)
33.6% ±6.3% (1,117  ±241.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Custer County: 31.6% † 2,314 (±4.5% / ±328.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • a little less than 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

2.9% ±2.2% (115  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Custer County: 2.7% 236
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

14% ±4.5% (472  ±162) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Custer County: 13% † 995 (±3% / ±228)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
472 Total veterans ±162 363 Male ±114 109 Female ±80

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