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West Pennington UT, Pennington County, SD

1,738 Population
534.6 square miles 3.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±13.5 Median age
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennington County: 39.7 ±0.3
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,907 ±$6,881 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Pennington County: $40,527 ±$1,515
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$78,409 ±$20,000 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Pennington County: $70,768 ±$2,235
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

5.5% ±3.8% (95  ±70) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Pennington County: 12% 13,073 (±1.1% / ±1,197)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

24.8 minutes ±4.9 (14,970  ±6,881) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Pennington County: 18.7 934,545 (±0.8 / ±44,667)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

686 ±122 Number of households
  • Pennington County: 45,698 ±537
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.4 ±0.4 (1,677  ±400) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Pennington County: 2.4 108,269 (±0 / ±213)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

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

Housing

1,356 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Pennington County: 50,655 ±124
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$357,500 ±$103,671 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Pennington County: $270,400 ±$5,389
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

18.8% ±13.2% (326  ±242.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Pennington County: 16.3% 18,073 (±1.5% / ±1,663.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

96% ±27% (1,244  ±235.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Pennington County: 94.7% 73,618 (±2.4% / ±1,891)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
45.5% ±9.2% (590  ±170.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Pennington County: 34.1% 26,479 (±1.4% / ±1,115)
  • about 1.5 times 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

4.4% ±3.5% (76  ±63) Foreign-born population
  • about double the rate in Pennington County: 2.2% 2,499
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

12.1% ±5.9% (168  ±88) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Pennington County: 12.8% 10,954 (±0.8% / ±676)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
168 Total veterans ±88 168 Male ±88 N/A Female ±10

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