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Dakota Valley School District 61-8, SD

8,135 Population
26.8 square miles 303.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.2 ±3.9 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Union County: 40.4 ±1.5
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$58,715 ±$8,063 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Union County: $49,563 ±$4,247
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$95,158 ±$9,699 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Union County: $84,137 ±$6,432
  • about 1.3 times the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

8.2% ±3.3% (663  ±269) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 7.3% † 1,218 (±2% / ±341)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

14 minutes ±1.4 (51,345  ±6,425) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Union County: 18.7 148,530 (±1.1 / ±10,866)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

3,381 ±172 Number of households
  • Union County: 7,124 ±140
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.4 ±0.1 (8,135  ±227) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Union County: 2.4 16,781 (±0.1 / ±40)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

6% ±4.3% (106  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Union County: 6.9% † 245 (±2.8% / ±100)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

3,480 ±164 Number of housing units
  • Union County: 7,438 ±36
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$407,200 ±$41,456 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Union County: $269,500 ±$15,390
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

15.3% ±5% (1,229  ±407.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Union County: 11.8% † 1,967 (±2.7% / ±447.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

97.1% ±7.9% (5,284  ±487.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Union County: 94.9% 11,070 (±5.1% / ±602.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
44.9% ±5.9% (2,444  ±337.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 36.5% 4,258 (±3.4% / ±394.1)
  • about 1.4 times 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

4.1% ±1.8% (331  ±147) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Union County: 2.4% 399
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

8.5% ±2.8% (526  ±175) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Union County: 7.7% † 986 (±1.4% / ±184)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
526 Total veterans ±175 492 Male ±151 34 Female ±43

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