Whitewood, South Dakota - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,051
Male Share of the Population	43.8%
Female Share of the Population	56.2%
Senior Citizens	14.9%
Employed Population 16+	547
Age of the Population	39

Families

% of people married	51.7%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	25.2%
Median Earnings25+	$32,050
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$25,694
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$27,813

Wealth

Median Family Income	$75,909
% Above Poverty Level	88.5%
% Below Poverty Level	11.5%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	25 minutes
% Working from Home	4.6%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3.1%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	30.6%
Median Gross Rent	$805
Median House Value	$111,400

Ancestry

German	36.5%
Norwegian	17.7%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	16.6%
Irish	11.6%
English	7.4%
Polish	3%
Finnish	2.9%
French Except Basque	2.6%
Swedish	2.5%
Dutch	2.5%
Scottish	1.9%
Russian	1.8%
Swiss	1.4%
Welsh	1%
Italian	0.8%
Danishn	0.4%
Lithuanian	0.3%
Hungarian	0.3%
Belgian	0.3%
Greek	0.2%
Czech	0.2%
Portuguese	0.2%
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Whitewood Almanac

Category	Value
County	Lawrence County
Standard Zip Codes	57793
Phone Area Codes	605
Time Zone	America/Denver
Approximate Latitude	44.46
Approximate Longitude	-103.64

Whitewood Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	DEADWOOD
Distance	8.1 miles
Jan Temp	11 to 33 F
Apr Temp	29 to 53 F
Jul Temp	54 to 81 F
Oct Temp	32 to 57 F
Annual Precip	28.4 inches

Station	FORT MEADE
Distance	8.2 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 36 F
Apr Temp	33 to 58 F
Jul Temp	58 to 86 F
Oct Temp	36 to 62 F
Annual Precip	21.4 inches

Station	NEWELL
Distance	20.4 miles
Jan Temp	8 to 30 F
Apr Temp	32 to 58 F
Jul Temp	59 to 87 F
Oct Temp	33 to 62 F
Annual Precip	15.4 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Central City	131	$56,875
Deadwood	1,463	$63,882
Lead	2,998	$62,281
Nisland	340	$26,036
Spearfish	11,393	$76,437
Sturgis	6,772	$66,528

Whitewood Public Libraries

Whitewood Public Library
1201 ASH ST
Whitewood, South Dakota
(605) 269-2616

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Whitewood Public Schools

Whitewood Elementary - 04
603 Garfield St
ZIP: 57793
(605) 269-2264
Primary
Total Enrollment 124

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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