Central City vs Crook City

A side-by-side comparison of Central City and Crook City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crook City has the higher population (278 vs 122 in Central City). Crook City has the higher median household income ($143,426 vs $45,208 in Central City). Crook City has the higher median home value ($462,200 vs $187,500 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Crook City
Population	122	278
Median age	55.8 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$45,208	$143,426
Median home value	$187,500	$462,200
Housing units	80	98
Homeownership rate	95.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	27.4%
Unemployment rate	27.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Crook City
Population	144 → 122 (-15.3%)	130 → 278 (+113.8%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $45,208 (+18.6%)	—
Median home value	$106,300 → $187,500 (+76.4%)	—
Median gross rent	$730 → $790 (+8.2%)	—

Central City

Population

144122

Median household income

$38,125$45,208

Median home value

$106,300$187,500

Median gross rent

$730$790

Crook City

Population

130278

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Crook City
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.8%	29.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	15.6%	18.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	27.0%	21.2%
65 to 74	29.5%	23.0%
75 and over	3.3%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Crook City
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Crook City
No high school diploma	1.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	67.0%	57.1%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	14.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Crook City
Drove alone	94.3%	74.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	16.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Crook City
1-unit, detached	62.5%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.7%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Crook City
Poverty rate	5.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.82	4.96
Mean commute (minutes)	13	42
Median year structure built	1946	2005