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Prairie township, Union County, SD

155 Population
34.7 square miles 4.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

63.3 ±46.8 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Union County: 41.5 ±1.3
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,113 ±$13,319 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Union County: $53,834 ±$4,396
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
N/A Median household income

20% ±20.4% (31  ±36) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Union County: 6.2% † 1,049 (±1.4% / ±235)
  • more than 1.5 times 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)

N/A

Families

105 ±57 Number of households
  • Union County: 7,310 ±118
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.5 ±0.2 (155  ±86) Persons per household
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Union County: 2.3 16,946 (±0 / ±38)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

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

Housing

105 ±57 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 7,588 ±28
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$335,700 ±$138,857 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Union County: $301,100 ±$18,340
  • 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

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

100% ±73.2% (141  ±69.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Union County: 95.7% 11,329 (±5.3% / ±637.4)
  • about 10 percent 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)
17% ±23.9% (24  ±36) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in Union County: 37% 4,383 (±3.5% / ±409.3)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about half 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

N/A Population with veteran status
N/A Total veterans ±10 N/A Male ±10 N/A Female ±10

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