Crook City vs Deadwood

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

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

Deadwood has the higher population (1,319 vs 278 in Crook City). Crook City has the higher median household income ($143,426 vs $52,679 in Deadwood). Crook City has the higher median home value ($462,200 vs $227,000 in Deadwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crook City	Deadwood
Population	278	1,319
Median age	40.3 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$143,426	$52,679
Median home value	$462,200	$227,000
Median gross rent	—	$706
Housing units	98	895
Homeownership rate	100.0%	49.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	22.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crook City	Deadwood
Population	130 → 278 (+113.8%)	1,548 → 1,319 (-14.8%)
Median household income	—	$44,871 → $52,679 (+17.4%)
Median home value	—	$160,700 → $227,000 (+41.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$593 → $706 (+19.1%)

Crook City

Population

130278

Deadwood

Population

1,5481,319

Median household income

$44,871$52,679

Median home value

$160,700$227,000

Median gross rent

$593$706

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crook City	Deadwood
Under 5	0.0%	0.9%
5 to 17	29.1%	6.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	11.1%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	18.7%	7.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	16.5%
55 to 64	21.2%	15.2%
65 to 74	23.0%	23.0%
75 and over	0.0%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crook City	Deadwood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crook City	Deadwood
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.6%
High school graduate	57.1%	26.2%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	43.3%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	14.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crook City	Deadwood
Drove alone	74.2%	73.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.8%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crook City	Deadwood
1-unit, detached	72.4%	62.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Crook City	Deadwood
Poverty rate	0.0%	2.8%
Average household size	4.96	1.77
Mean commute (minutes)	42	14
Median year structure built	2005	1942