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Watertown, SD Micro Area

28,556 Population
687.6 square miles 41.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±0.7 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.7 ±0.1

Economics

$37,308 ±$2,548 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $43,289 ±$119
$65,080 ±$5,327 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $78,538 ±$176

10.2% ±1.7% (2,867  ±476) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.4% 40,390,044 (±0.1% / ±272,803)

14.9 minutes ±1.2 (211,010  ±18,869) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

12,361 ±326 Number of households
  • United States: 127,482,864 ±208,633
2.3 ±0.1 (27,990  ±15) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 324,275,230

5% ±2.4% (292  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 3,997,128 (±0% / ±22,535)

Housing

13,388 ±37 Number of housing units
  • United States: 142,332,880 ±9,434

$218,000 ±$11,928 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $303,400 ±$362

12.4% ±2.2% (3,519  ±615.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.7% 41,707,981 (±0% / ±144,000.6)

Social

92.4% ±4.6% (18,007  ±904) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.4% 204,204,445 (±0.1% / ±279,113.6)
20.9% ±2.2% (4,071  ±424.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 35% 79,954,302 (±0.1% / ±180,792.5)

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

1.2% (347  ±175) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 13.9% 46,108,900

8% ±1.1% (1,750  ±239) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,569,149 (±0% / ±47,618)
1,750 Total veterans ±239 1,660 Male ±233 90 Female ±55

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