Deadwood vs Lead

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

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

Lead has the higher population (2,997 vs 1,319 in Deadwood). Lead has the higher median household income ($57,348 vs $52,679 in Deadwood). Deadwood has the higher median home value ($227,000 vs $192,800 in Lead).

Population, income & housing

	Deadwood	Lead
Population	1,319	2,997
Median age	51.0 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,679	$57,348
Median home value	$227,000	$192,800
Median gross rent	$706	$844
Housing units	895	1,795
Homeownership rate	49.9%	70.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deadwood	Lead
Population	1,548 → 1,319 (-14.8%)	2,985 → 2,997 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$44,871 → $52,679 (+17.4%)	$47,500 → $57,348 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$160,700 → $227,000 (+41.3%)	$123,200 → $192,800 (+56.5%)
Median gross rent	$593 → $706 (+19.1%)	$707 → $844 (+19.4%)

Deadwood

Population

1,5481,319

Median household income

$44,871$52,679

Median home value

$160,700$227,000

Median gross rent

$593$706

Lead

Population

2,9852,997

Median household income

$47,500$57,348

Median home value

$123,200$192,800

Median gross rent

$707$844

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deadwood	Lead
Under 5	0.9%	2.9%
5 to 17	6.1%	12.7%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	11.7%	14.3%
35 to 44	7.7%	13.1%
45 to 54	16.5%	8.4%
55 to 64	15.2%	17.1%
65 to 74	23.0%	15.3%
75 and over	7.7%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deadwood	Lead
White (non-Hispanic)	92.6%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deadwood	Lead
No high school diploma	7.6%	4.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	15.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deadwood	Lead
Drove alone	73.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	15.8%
Public transit	0.0%	4.2%
Walked	7.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.5%	2.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deadwood	Lead
1-unit, detached	62.8%	73.5%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	2.1%
20 or more units	8.8%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	5.4%	1.9%

Poverty & households

	Deadwood	Lead
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.3%
Average household size	1.77	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	14	22
Median year structure built	1942	1938