Central City vs Mountain Plains

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

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

Mountain Plains has the higher population (412 vs 122 in Central City). Mountain Plains has the higher median household income ($166,641 vs $45,208 in Central City). Mountain Plains has the higher median home value ($606,100 vs $187,500 in Central City).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Mountain Plains
Population	122	412
Median age	55.8 yrs	62.6 yrs
Median household income	$45,208	$166,641
Median home value	$187,500	$606,100
Housing units	80	168
Homeownership rate	95.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	44.4%
Unemployment rate	27.4%	8.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Mountain Plains
Population	144 → 122 (-15.3%)	394 → 412 (+4.6%)
Median household income	$38,125 → $45,208 (+18.6%)	$102,569 → $166,641 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $187,500 (+76.4%)	$452,700 → $606,100 (+33.9%)
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

Mountain Plains

Population

394412

Median household income

$102,569$166,641

Median home value

$452,700$606,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Mountain Plains
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.8%	4.1%
18 to 24	8.2%	12.9%
25 to 34	9.0%	3.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	2.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	5.8%
55 to 64	27.0%	35.7%
65 to 74	29.5%	25.5%
75 and over	3.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Mountain Plains
White (non-Hispanic)	99.2%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Mountain Plains
No high school diploma	1.0%	3.8%
High school graduate	67.0%	17.0%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	34.8%
Bachelor's degree	8.7%	42.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Mountain Plains
Drove alone	94.3%	95.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Mountain Plains
1-unit, detached	62.5%	100.0%
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%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Mountain Plains
Poverty rate	5.7%	0.0%
Average household size	1.82	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	13	18
Median year structure built	1946	2003