Plankinton vs White Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Plankinton and White Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Plankinton and White Lake are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Plankinton has the higher population (637 vs 423 in White Lake). Plankinton has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $48,906 in White Lake). Plankinton has the higher median home value ($110,500 vs $59,300 in White Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Plankinton	White Lake
Population	637	423
Median age	42.5 yrs	55.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$48,906
Median home value	$110,500	$59,300
Median gross rent	$900	$655
Housing units	309	212
Homeownership rate	77.1%	75.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.8%	9.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plankinton	White Lake
Population	691 → 637 (-7.8%)	418 → 423 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$54,766 → $76,250 (+39.2%)	$68,125 → $48,906 (-28.2%)
Median home value	$85,800 → $110,500 (+28.8%)	$65,900 → $59,300 (-10.0%)
Median gross rent	$696 → $900 (+29.3%)	$394 → $655 (+66.2%)

Plankinton

Population

691637

Median household income

$54,766$76,250

Median home value

$85,800$110,500

Median gross rent

$696$900

White Lake

Population

418423

Median household income

$68,125$48,906

Median home value

$65,900$59,300

Median gross rent

$394$655

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plankinton	White Lake
Under 5	7.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	11.3%
18 to 24	6.3%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	17.1%	6.1%
45 to 54	14.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	21.0%
75 and over	6.9%	15.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plankinton	White Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	96.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	16.5%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plankinton	White Lake
No high school diploma	7.6%	15.5%
High school graduate	28.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.6%	7.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plankinton	White Lake
Drove alone	76.5%	84.4%
Carpooled	11.6%	6.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.3%	8.1%
Other means	0.5%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plankinton	White Lake
1-unit, detached	79.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	13.6%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Plankinton	White Lake
Poverty rate	6.7%	9.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1975	1955