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Wolsey-Wessington School District 02-6, SD

1,510 Population
402.2 square miles 3.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.2 ±1.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Beadle County: 37.6 ±1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$35,315 ±$3,412 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Beadle County: $33,964 ±$2,680
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$67,240 ±$7,369 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Beadle County: $67,681 ±$5,231
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.3% ±3.6% (125  ±57) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Beadle County: 13.6% † 2,581 (±3.3% / ±621)
  • 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)

17.4 minutes ±2.9 (12,205  ±2,682) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Beadle County: 13.4 118,225 (±0.9 / ±9,084)
  • about the same as 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

575 ±69 Number of households
  • Beadle County: 7,536 ±234
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (1,510  ±184) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Beadle County: 2.5 18,688 (±0.1 / ±74)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±5.8% (24  ±19) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Beadle County: 9.1% † 360 (±4.2% / ±165)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

650 ±72 Number of housing units
  • Beadle County: 8,474 ±44
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$167,900 ±$29,590 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Beadle County: $175,100 ±$12,250
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about half the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

4.2% ±2% (62  ±29.7) Moved since previous year
  • about one-third of the rate in Beadle County: 12.2% † 2,305 (±3% / ±570.7)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

87.5% ±15.1% (844  ±90.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Beadle County: 87.5% 10,899 (±4.9% / ±631.5)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.7% ±4.1% (238  ±51.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Beadle County: 27.2% † 3,382 (±3% / ±370.5)
  • 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

1.3% ±1.2% (19  ±18) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Beadle County: 12.1% 2,329
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7% ±2.3% (74  ±26) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Beadle County: 6.2% † 859 (±1.3% / ±180)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
74 Total veterans ±26 54 Male ±21 20 Female ±15

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