Leola vs Long Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Leola and Long Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Leola has the higher population (363 vs 17 in Long Lake). Leola has the higher median household income ($76,458 vs $58,438 in Long Lake). Leola has the higher median home value ($66,500 vs $28,800 in Long Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Leola	Long Lake
Population	363	17
Median age	43.4 yrs	68.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,458	$58,438
Median home value	$66,500	$28,800
Median gross rent	$839	—
Housing units	177	69
Homeownership rate	82.3%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Leola	Long Lake
Population	472 → 363 (-23.1%)	42 → 17 (-59.5%)
Median household income	$52,596 → $76,458 (+45.4%)	$56,250 → $58,438 (+3.9%)
Median home value	$49,000 → $66,500 (+35.7%)	$23,600 → $28,800 (+22.0%)
Median gross rent	$557 → $839 (+50.6%)	—

Leola

Population

472363

Median household income

$52,596$76,458

Median home value

$49,000$66,500

Median gross rent

$557$839

Long Lake

Population

4217

Median household income

$56,250$58,438

Median home value

$23,600$28,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Leola	Long Lake
Under 5	7.2%	0.0%
5 to 17	19.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	3.3%	0.0%
25 to 34	7.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	20.1%	0.0%
65 to 74	12.1%	47.1%
75 and over	5.2%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Leola	Long Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	99.7%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Leola	Long Lake
No high school diploma	10.5%	13.3%
High school graduate	31.3%	26.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	60.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Leola	Long Lake
Drove alone	63.9%	0.0%
Carpooled	17.2%	66.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.9%	0.0%
Other means	6.1%	33.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Leola	Long Lake
1-unit, detached	89.8%	81.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Leola	Long Lake
Poverty rate	4.4%	11.8%
Average household size	2.40	1.55
Mean commute (minutes)	40	—
Median year structure built	1955	1942