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Dayton township, Lincoln County, SD

1,006 Population
44.3 square miles 22.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.8 ±11.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Lincoln County: 35.9 ±0.3
  • 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

$44,287 ±$15,373 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lincoln County: $52,585 ±$2,806
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$104,583 ±$98,268 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Lincoln County: $99,166 ±$2,500
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

1.8% ±2.9% (18  ±30) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Lincoln County: 5.6% † 3,919 (±1.5% / ±1,070)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

19.5 minutes ±10 (8,750  ±2,833) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Lincoln County: 19.3 669,475 (±0.6 / ±27,962)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

363 ±132 Number of households
  • Lincoln County: 27,879 ±265
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.7 (1,006  ±440) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Lincoln County: 2.5 70,331 (±0 / ±13)
  • 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

4.5% ±6.1% (10  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Lincoln County: 8.1% † 1,383 (±2% / ±349)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

363 ±132 Number of housing units
  • Lincoln County: 28,710 ±52
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$340,200 ±$268,529 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Lincoln County: $348,300 ±$9,955
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.3% ±21.9% (207  ±232.4) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Lincoln County: 12.8% † 8,920 (±1.8% / ±1,239.8)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.6% ±45.6% (700  ±228.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Lincoln County: 96.5% 44,867 (±3.4% / ±1,602.3)
  • 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)
41.4% ±13.6% (316  ±158) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lincoln County: 44.5% 20,661 (±2.4% / ±1,109.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about 20 percent higher 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

N/A Foreign-born population

1.1% ±1.5% (8  ±12) Population with veteran status
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Lincoln County: 6.2% † 3,191 (±0.8% / ±438)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
8 Total veterans ±12 8 Male ±12 N/A Female ±10

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