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Murdo city, Jones County, SD

599 Population
0.6 square miles 951.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

33.7 ±15.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Jones County: 33.9 † ±11.6
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,325 ±$8,342 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Jones County: $30,267 † ±$5,652
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,045 ±$22,695 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Jones County: $65,119 † ±$11,041
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

21.7% ±14.8% (128  ±91) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jones County: 18.3% † 182 (±9.4% / ±96)
  • 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)

11.9 minutes ±3.7 (3,200  ±1,310) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Jones County: 15.3 † 6,110 (±3.3 / ±1,810)
  • about two-thirds 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

210 ±53 Number of households
  • Jones County: 342 † ±54
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.9 ±0.9 (599  ±125) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Jones County: 2.9 † 1,004 (±0.6 / ±131)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

289 ±50 Number of housing units
  • Jones County: 479 † ±50
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$132,400 ±$41,077 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Jones County: $139,600 † ±$33,361
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about two-fifths of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±8.8% (64  ±51.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Jones County: 10% † 97 (±6.9% / ±67.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.8% ±3.4% (345  ±77.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jones County: 93.2% † 589 (±9.7% / ±98.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.7% ±10% (89  ±42.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Jones County: 27.4% † 173 (±8.7% / ±59.3)
  • 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

7% ±5.8% (42  ±36) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Jones County: 4.7% † 47 (±3.6% / ±37)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about half the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±4.4% (18  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Jones County: 2.6% † 18 (±2.8% / ±19)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
18 Total veterans ±19 18 Male ±19 N/A Female ±10

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