Aberdeen vs Prairiewood Village

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Prairiewood Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Aberdeen has the higher population (28,297 vs 496 in Prairiewood Village). Prairiewood Village has the higher median household income ($118,681 vs $63,715 in Aberdeen). Prairiewood Village has the higher median home value ($443,500 vs $205,500 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
Population	28,297	496
Median age	35.8 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$63,715	$118,681
Median home value	$205,500	$443,500
Median gross rent	$783	—
Housing units	13,395	149
Homeownership rate	58.4%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.6%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
Population	28,225 → 28,297 (+0.3%)	438 → 496 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$52,651 → $63,715 (+21.0%)	$139,125 → $118,681 (-14.7%)
Median home value	$161,800 → $205,500 (+27.0%)	$385,900 → $443,500 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $783 (+14.3%)	—

Aberdeen

Population

28,22528,297

Median household income

$52,651$63,715

Median home value

$161,800$205,500

Median gross rent

$685$783

Prairiewood Village

Population

438496

Median household income

$139,125$118,681

Median home value

$385,900$443,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
Under 5	6.1%	11.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	36.1%
18 to 24	11.5%	0.0%
25 to 34	13.3%	8.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	23.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	0.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	3.2%
65 to 74	8.8%	10.5%
75 and over	7.5%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
White (non-Hispanic)	81.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
No high school diploma	6.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	30.5%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.2%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
Drove alone	79.5%	75.1%
Carpooled	8.9%	24.9%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
1-unit, detached	55.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	32.9%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	14.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Prairiewood Village
Poverty rate	12.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.20	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	11	16
Median year structure built	1972	1997