Crook City vs Whitewood

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

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

Whitewood has the higher population (746 vs 278 in Crook City). Crook City has the higher median household income ($143,426 vs $67,250 in Whitewood). Crook City has the higher median home value ($462,200 vs $214,200 in Whitewood).

Population, income & housing

	Crook City	Whitewood
Population	278	746
Median age	40.3 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$143,426	$67,250
Median home value	$462,200	$214,200
Median gross rent	—	$925
Housing units	98	306
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.4%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crook City	Whitewood
Population	130 → 278 (+113.8%)	1,104 → 746 (-32.4%)
Median household income	—	$55,250 → $67,250 (+21.7%)
Median home value	—	$114,400 → $214,200 (+87.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$744 → $925 (+24.3%)

Crook City

Population

130278

Whitewood

Population

1,104746

Median household income

$55,250$67,250

Median home value

$114,400$214,200

Median gross rent

$744$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crook City	Whitewood
Under 5	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	29.1%	16.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.2%
25 to 34	0.0%	11.1%
35 to 44	18.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	12.2%
55 to 64	21.2%	20.5%
65 to 74	23.0%	8.3%
75 and over	0.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crook City	Whitewood
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.1%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crook City	Whitewood
No high school diploma	0.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	57.1%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crook City	Whitewood
Drove alone	74.2%	73.1%
Carpooled	2.6%	13.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	16.8%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crook City	Whitewood
1-unit, detached	72.4%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.6%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Crook City	Whitewood
Poverty rate	0.0%	7.3%
Average household size	4.96	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	42	22
Median year structure built	2005	1976