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Wessington Springs School District 36-2, SD

1,496 Population
739.9 square miles 2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

53.3 ±9.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jerauld County: 46.9 † ±6.9
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$42,894 ±$6,106 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Jerauld County: $45,169 † ±$8,321
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$80,750 ±$22,352 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Jerauld County: $73,750 † ±$17,436
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.5% ±3.6% (123  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Jerauld County: 8.3% † 144 (±3.2% / ±57)
  • about two-thirds 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)

17.1 minutes ±1.1 (10,800  ±2,153) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Jerauld County: 15.8 11,995 (±1.1 / ±2,062)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

674 ±68 Number of households
  • Jerauld County: 785 ±72
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.2 (1,456  ±184) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Jerauld County: 2.2 1,732 (±0.1 / ±180)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.2% ±3.9% (15  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Jerauld County: 9.6% † 28 (±6.2% / ±19)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

845 ±60 Number of housing units
  • Jerauld County: 963 ±55
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$176,300 ±$35,682 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Jerauld County: $150,800 † ±$39,114
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.4% ±1.3% (36  ±19.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Jerauld County: 3.3% † 57 (±1.8% / ±32.2)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.2% ±4.1% (1,092  ±115.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Jerauld County: 93.6% 1,237 (±4.9% / ±119.8)
  • 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)
24.9% ±4% (286  ±53.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Jerauld County: 21.4% † 282 (±3.4% / ±50)
  • about 80 percent 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

0.7% ±0.7% (10  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Jerauld County: 3.4% † 60 (±1.5% / ±28)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.9% ±3.3% (92  ±40) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Jerauld County: 8.2% † 112 (±2.9% / ±40)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
92 Total veterans ±40 80 Male ±35 12 Female ±12

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