Groton vs Prairiewood Village

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

Groton 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.

Groton has the higher population (1,794 vs 496 in Prairiewood Village). Prairiewood Village has the higher median household income ($118,681 vs $82,083 in Groton). Prairiewood Village has the higher median home value ($443,500 vs $173,000 in Groton).

Population, income & housing

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
Population	1,794	496
Median age	34.0 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,083	$118,681
Median home value	$173,000	$443,500
Median gross rent	$954	—
Housing units	735	149
Homeownership rate	76.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%	68.0%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
Population	1,673 → 1,794 (+7.2%)	438 → 496 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$62,679 → $82,083 (+31.0%)	$139,125 → $118,681 (-14.7%)
Median home value	$156,400 → $173,000 (+10.6%)	$385,900 → $443,500 (+14.9%)
Median gross rent	$804 → $954 (+18.7%)	—

Groton

Population

1,6731,794

Median household income

$62,679$82,083

Median home value

$156,400$173,000

Median gross rent

$804$954

Prairiewood Village

Population

438496

Median household income

$139,125$118,681

Median home value

$385,900$443,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
Under 5	8.0%	11.7%
5 to 17	21.5%	36.1%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	19.0%	8.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	23.4%
45 to 54	9.7%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.9%	3.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.5%
75 and over	7.6%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
White (non-Hispanic)	90.6%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
No high school diploma	3.6%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	12.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	55.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
Drove alone	93.6%	75.1%
Carpooled	2.3%	24.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
1-unit, detached	70.7%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	32.9%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Groton	Prairiewood Village
Poverty rate	3.9%	0.0%
Average household size	2.56	3.33
Mean commute (minutes)	19	16
Median year structure built	1973	1997