Lead vs Spearfish

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

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

Spearfish has the higher population (12,551 vs 2,997 in Lead). Spearfish has the higher median household income ($59,731 vs $57,348 in Lead). Spearfish has the higher median home value ($309,200 vs $192,800 in Lead).

Population, income & housing

	Lead	Spearfish
Population	2,997	12,551
Median age	52.1 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$57,348	$59,731
Median home value	$192,800	$309,200
Median gross rent	$844	$941
Housing units	1,795	6,238
Homeownership rate	70.2%	48.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	43.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lead	Spearfish
Population	2,985 → 2,997 (+0.4%)	11,547 → 12,551 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $57,348 (+20.7%)	$46,193 → $59,731 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $192,800 (+56.5%)	$212,700 → $309,200 (+45.4%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $844 (+19.4%)	$763 → $941 (+23.3%)

Lead

Population

2,9852,997

Median household income

$47,500$57,348

Median home value

$123,200$192,800

Median gross rent

$707$844

Spearfish

Population

11,54712,551

Median household income

$46,193$59,731

Median home value

$212,700$309,200

Median gross rent

$763$941

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lead	Spearfish
Under 5	2.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	12.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	16.0%
25 to 34	14.3%	13.0%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	8.4%	9.4%
55 to 64	17.1%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.3%	12.2%
75 and over	12.0%	9.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lead	Spearfish
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	87.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	3.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lead	Spearfish
No high school diploma	4.3%	4.1%
High school graduate	40.0%	22.3%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lead	Spearfish
Drove alone	76.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	15.8%	6.4%
Public transit	4.2%	1.4%
Walked	0.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	5.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lead	Spearfish
1-unit, detached	73.5%	41.5%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	10.1%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	11.2%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	11.9%
20 or more units	3.4%	16.1%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	9.0%

Poverty & households

	Lead	Spearfish
Poverty rate	7.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.06	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	22	15
Median year structure built	1938	1990