Morristown vs Wakpala

A side-by-side comparison of Morristown and Wakpala: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Wakpala has the higher population (159 vs 58 in Morristown). Morristown has the higher median household income ($37,917 vs $22,500 in Wakpala). Since 2019, Morristown's population has grown faster (+48.7% vs -45.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Morristown	Wakpala
Population	58	159
Median age	51.7 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,917	$22,500
Median home value	$22,500	—
Median gross rent	—	$433
Housing units	44	47
Homeownership rate	91.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	6.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	46.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morristown	Wakpala
Population	39 → 58 (+48.7%)	292 → 159 (-45.5%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $37,917 (+1.1%)	$18,571 → $22,500 (+21.2%)
Median home value	$24,200 → $22,500 (-7.0%)	—
Median gross rent	—	$418 → $433 (+3.6%)

Morristown

Population

3958

Median household income

$37,500$37,917

Median home value

$24,200$22,500

Wakpala

Population

292159

Median household income

$18,571$22,500

Median gross rent

$418$433

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Morristown	Wakpala
Under 5	0.0%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	31.4%
18 to 24	5.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.3%
35 to 44	17.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	17.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	15.5%	11.9%
65 to 74	17.2%	6.9%
75 and over	10.3%	2.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morristown	Wakpala
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	0.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	13.8%	96.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morristown	Wakpala
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.4%
High school graduate	37.8%	44.8%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	6.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morristown	Wakpala
Drove alone	68.8%	84.6%
Carpooled	12.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morristown	Wakpala
1-unit, detached	88.6%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	14.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Morristown	Wakpala
Poverty rate	13.8%	86.2%
Average household size	1.66	3.79
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1938	1980