Running Water vs Tabor

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

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

Tabor has the higher population (346 vs 80 in Running Water). Tabor has the higher median home value ($122,700 vs $9,999 in Running Water). Since 2019, Running Water's population has grown faster (+788.9% vs -17.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Running Water	Tabor
Population	80	346
Median age	76.0 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	—	$78,438
Median home value	$9,999	$122,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,023
Housing units	53	180
Homeownership rate	90.6%	77.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.3%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Running Water	Tabor
Population	9 → 80 (+788.9%)	417 → 346 (-17.0%)
Median household income	—	$65,909 → $78,438 (+19.0%)
Median home value	$9,999 → $9,999 (+0.0%)	$87,100 → $122,700 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$928 → $1,023 (+10.2%)

Running Water

Population

980

Median home value

$9,999$9,999

Tabor

Population

417346

Median household income

$65,909$78,438

Median home value

$87,100$122,700

Median gross rent

$928$1,023

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Running Water	Tabor
Under 5	0.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	2.5%	7.8%
35 to 44	22.5%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	12.7%
65 to 74	0.0%	13.3%
75 and over	51.2%	15.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Running Water	Tabor
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	96.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Running Water	Tabor
No high school diploma	0.0%	5.0%
High school graduate	28.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	31.3%	13.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	1.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Running Water	Tabor
Drove alone	79.4%	82.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.6%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Running Water	Tabor
1-unit, detached	52.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.2%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Running Water	Tabor
Poverty rate	0.0%	4.9%
Average household size	1.51	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1986	1958