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Yankton, SD

15,501 Population
8.7 square miles 1,782.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±1.8 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 42.2 ±0.8
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$40,677 ±$4,172 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: $39,880 ±$2,927
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$69,071 ±$7,754 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: $73,855 ±$6,118
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

10.9% ±2.4% (1,576  ±350) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 9.4% † 2,037 (±1.6% / ±341)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

12.4 minutes ±1.8 (88,655  ±13,957) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 15 161,460 (±1.4 / ±15,906)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

6,811 ±241 Number of households
  • the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 9,792 ±241
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.1 ±0.1 (14,211  ±105) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 2.2 21,503 (±0.1 / ±58)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

8.1% ±4.4% (259  ±141) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 8.1% † 363 (±3.2% / ±145)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

7,229 ±177 Number of housing units
  • the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 10,497 ±48
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$202,300 ±$14,578 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: $208,200 ±$12,526
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

15.3% ±3.1% (2,361  ±483.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 13.9% † 3,229 (±2.4% / ±554.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

93.4% ±6.3% (10,016  ±714.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 92.7% 15,158 (±5% / ±824.2)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
30.2% ±3.9% (3,236  ±422.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 27.7% † 4,520 (±3% / ±488.4)
  • a little less than 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% ±1.3% (614  ±208) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 3.1% 725
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

9.9% ±2.3% (1,230  ±287) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Yankton, SD Micro Area: 8.4% † 1,545 (±1.6% / ±299)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
1,230 Total veterans ±287 1,124 Male ±270 106 Female ±67

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