Lead vs North Spearfish

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

Lead and North Spearfish 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 2,201 in North Spearfish). North Spearfish has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $57,348 in Lead). North Spearfish has the higher median home value ($321,800 vs $192,800 in Lead).

Population, income & housing

	Lead	North Spearfish
Population	2,997	2,201
Median age	52.1 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,348	$69,792
Median home value	$192,800	$321,800
Median gross rent	$844	$1,074
Housing units	1,795	979
Homeownership rate	70.2%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	38.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lead	North Spearfish
Population	2,985 → 2,997 (+0.4%)	2,278 → 2,201 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $57,348 (+20.7%)	$50,598 → $69,792 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $192,800 (+56.5%)	$189,700 → $321,800 (+69.6%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $844 (+19.4%)	$821 → $1,074 (+30.8%)

Lead

Population

2,9852,997

Median household income

$47,500$57,348

Median home value

$123,200$192,800

Median gross rent

$707$844

North Spearfish

Population

2,2782,201

Median household income

$50,598$69,792

Median home value

$189,700$321,800

Median gross rent

$821$1,074

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lead	North Spearfish
Under 5	2.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	12.7%	22.9%
18 to 24	4.1%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	17.1%	7.9%
65 to 74	15.3%	19.1%
75 and over	12.0%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lead	North Spearfish
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lead	North Spearfish
No high school diploma	4.3%	1.5%
High school graduate	40.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	26.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lead	North Spearfish
Drove alone	76.7%	87.3%
Carpooled	15.8%	4.7%
Public transit	4.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.2%
Other means	0.5%	3.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lead	North Spearfish
1-unit, detached	73.5%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Lead	North Spearfish
Poverty rate	7.3%	19.9%
Average household size	2.06	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1938	1978