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Mitchell, SD

15,637 Population
11.5 square miles 1,356.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.8 ±1.2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 39.5 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,556 ±$2,352 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: $36,333 ±$1,460
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$56,374 ±$4,527 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: $64,723 ±$4,829
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

14.2% ±3% (2,128  ±450) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 11.4% † 2,854 (±1.8% / ±457)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

12 minutes ±1.1 (90,430  ±9,882) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 15 180,875 (±0.7 / ±11,127)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

7,233 ±245 Number of households
  • the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 10,777 ±245
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.1 ±0.1 (14,845  ±35) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 2.3 24,869 (±0.1 / ±31)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

3.2% ±2.2% (102  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 4.3% † 228 (±1.7% / ±90)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

7,970 ±167 Number of housing units
  • the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 11,973 ±88
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$182,000 ±$9,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: $187,200 ±$7,392
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

13.4% ±3.1% (2,080  ±481) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 9.9% † 2,541 (±2% / ±513.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

92.9% ±6.8% (9,855  ±781.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 91.6% 15,806 (±4.9% / ±855.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
25.7% ±4.1% (2,724  ±441.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 24% † 4,139 (±2.8% / ±483.5)
  • about 80 percent of 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

1.8% ±0.9% (281  ±141) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 1.9% 495
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

7.3% ±1.6% (885  ±199) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Mitchell, SD Micro Area: 7.6% † 1,470 (±1.1% / ±205)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
885 Total veterans ±199 813 Male ±202 72 Female ±58

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