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Douglas School District 51-1, SD

18,206 Population
150.7 square miles 120.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

31 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Meade County: 37.3 ±1.6
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$32,434 ±$2,652 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Meade County: $38,550 ±$2,048
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,144 ±$7,913 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Meade County: $74,790 ±$7,020
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±3.1% (1,530  ±548) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Meade County: 7.1% † 2,100 (±1.7% / ±500)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±2.4 (188,820  ±31,357) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Meade County: 19.8 299,680 (±1.1 / ±20,172)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

6,287 ±587 Number of households
  • Meade County: 11,968 ±425
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.4 (17,453  ±1,451) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Meade County: 2.5 29,471 (±0.1 / ±720)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

11.8% ±3.7% (481  ±160) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Meade County: 8.2% † 559 (±2.5% / ±173)
  • nearly double the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,857 ±651 Number of housing units
  • Meade County: 12,871 ±292
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$322,200 ±$18,523 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Meade County: $310,900 ±$18,105
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

20.5% ±5.6% (3,630  ±1,040.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Meade County: 14.5% † 4,370 (±3.9% / ±1,189.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±3.1% (10,185  ±962.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meade County: 95% 19,962 (±4.8% / ±1,095.3)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
23.2% ±3.4% (2,529  ±431.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Meade County: 27.8% 5,836 (±2.5% / ±543.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about two-thirds of 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

1.7% ±1% (314  ±189) Foreign-born population
  • a little higher than the rate in Meade County: 1.7% 509
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

17.3% ±3.1% (2,014  ±413) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Meade County: 12.7% † 2,861 (±1.7% / ±394)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,014 Total veterans ±413 1,690 Male ±392 324 Female ±118

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