Avon vs Running Water

A side-by-side comparison of Avon and Running Water: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Avon has the higher population (673 vs 80 in Running Water). Avon has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $9,999 in Running Water). Since 2019, Running Water's population has grown faster (+788.9% vs -12.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Avon	Running Water
Population	673	80
Median age	34.8 yrs	76.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,727	—
Median home value	$83,600	$9,999
Median gross rent	$603	—
Housing units	237	53
Homeownership rate	82.0%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	31.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avon	Running Water
Population	772 → 673 (-12.8%)	9 → 80 (+788.9%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $57,727 (+20.7%)	—
Median home value	$73,800 → $83,600 (+13.3%)	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)
Median gross rent	$542 → $603 (+11.3%)	—

Avon

Population

772673

Median household income

$47,813$57,727

Median home value

$73,800$83,600

Median gross rent

$542$603

Running Water

Population

980

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avon	Running Water
Under 5	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	35.1%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	10.1%	2.5%
35 to 44	11.4%	22.5%
45 to 54	6.4%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	0.0%
75 and over	8.5%	51.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avon	Running Water
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avon	Running Water
No high school diploma	10.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	23.8%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	45.9%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	31.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avon	Running Water
Drove alone	87.7%	79.4%
Carpooled	6.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	20.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.2%	0.0%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avon	Running Water
1-unit, detached	85.7%	52.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	47.2%

Poverty & households

	Avon	Running Water
Poverty rate	41.3%	0.0%
Average household size	2.95	1.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	16
Median year structure built	1957	1986