Lead vs Whitewood

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

Lead and Whitewood 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 746 in Whitewood). Whitewood has the higher median household income ($67,250 vs $57,348 in Lead). Whitewood has the higher median home value ($214,200 vs $192,800 in Lead).

Population, income & housing

	Lead	Whitewood
Population	2,997	746
Median age	52.1 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,348	$67,250
Median home value	$192,800	$214,200
Median gross rent	$844	$925
Housing units	1,795	306
Homeownership rate	70.2%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	18.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lead	Whitewood
Population	2,985 → 2,997 (+0.4%)	1,104 → 746 (-32.4%)
Median household income	$47,500 → $57,348 (+20.7%)	$55,250 → $67,250 (+21.7%)
Median home value	$123,200 → $192,800 (+56.5%)	$114,400 → $214,200 (+87.2%)
Median gross rent	$707 → $844 (+19.4%)	$744 → $925 (+24.3%)

Lead

Population

2,9852,997

Median household income

$47,500$57,348

Median home value

$123,200$192,800

Median gross rent

$707$844

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)

	Lead	Whitewood
Under 5	2.9%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.7%	16.1%
18 to 24	4.1%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.3%	11.1%
35 to 44	13.1%	14.2%
45 to 54	8.4%	12.2%
55 to 64	17.1%	20.5%
65 to 74	15.3%	8.3%
75 and over	12.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lead	Whitewood
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	87.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	1.1%
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%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lead	Whitewood
No high school diploma	4.3%	15.7%
High school graduate	40.0%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	28.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.1%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lead	Whitewood
Drove alone	76.7%	73.1%
Carpooled	15.8%	13.8%
Public transit	4.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.0%	7.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	4.1%
Other means	0.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lead	Whitewood
1-unit, detached	73.5%	65.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	28.1%

Poverty & households

	Lead	Whitewood
Poverty rate	7.3%	7.3%
Average household size	2.06	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1938	1976