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Mitchell, SD

15,649 Population
11.5 square miles 1,357.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.6 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.7
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$37,512 ±$2,753 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: $37,926 ±$1,953
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
$58,620 ±$7,441 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: $69,101 ±$5,691
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888

12.5% ±3% (1,853  ±440) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 10.3% † 2,559 (±1.9% / ±473)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)

12.8 minutes ±1.7 (100,225  ±14,039) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 15.7 191,235 (±1.2 / ±16,278)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)

Families

7,305 ±203 Number of households
  • the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 10,977 ±228
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
2 ±0.1 (14,937  ±57) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 2.3 24,989 (±0.1 / ±29)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241

3.6% ±2.3% (117  ±74) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 4.7% † 252 (±1.7% / ±92)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)

Housing

7,885 ±165 Number of housing units
  • the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 12,038 ±59
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422

$192,200 ±$16,138 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: $197,700 ±$12,497
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051

11.5% ±2.7% (1,797  ±426) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 8.5% † 2,182 (±1.7% / ±435.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)

Social

92% ±6.6% (9,867  ±753) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 91.5% 15,900 (±4.6% / ±818.8)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
23.6% ±3.4% (2,534  ±373.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 22.5% † 3,909 (±2.3% / ±409.7)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

2% ±1.1% (320  ±171) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 1.9% 479
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988

6.5% ±1.7% (794  ±201) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 7.1% † 1,385 (±1.2% / ±224)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
794 Total veterans ±201 743 Male ±194 51 Female ±46

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