Blackhawk vs Summerset

A side-by-side comparison of Blackhawk and Summerset: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Summerset has the higher population (2,978 vs 2,805 in Blackhawk). Summerset has the higher median household income ($115,197 vs $69,934 in Blackhawk). Summerset has the higher median home value ($337,900 vs $243,700 in Blackhawk).

Population, income & housing

	Blackhawk	Summerset
Population	2,805	2,978
Median age	43.6 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$69,934	$115,197
Median home value	$243,700	$337,900
Median gross rent	$1,148	$1,233
Housing units	1,333	1,048
Homeownership rate	96.0%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blackhawk	Summerset
Population	3,057 → 2,805 (-8.2%)	2,477 → 2,978 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$66,484 → $69,934 (+5.2%)	$88,526 → $115,197 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$179,200 → $243,700 (+36.0%)	$225,200 → $337,900 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$954 → $1,148 (+20.3%)	$1,127 → $1,233 (+9.4%)

Blackhawk

Population

3,0572,805

Median household income

$66,484$69,934

Median home value

$179,200$243,700

Median gross rent

$954$1,148

Summerset

Population

2,4772,978

Median household income

$88,526$115,197

Median home value

$225,200$337,900

Median gross rent

$1,127$1,233

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blackhawk	Summerset
Under 5	7.0%	6.4%
5 to 17	7.1%	24.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	21.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	18.6%
45 to 54	7.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	14.9%	4.2%
75 and over	8.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blackhawk	Summerset
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	93.4%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	0.5%
Asian	2.2%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.7%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blackhawk	Summerset
No high school diploma	7.4%	1.6%
High school graduate	25.2%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	51.5%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.2%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blackhawk	Summerset
Drove alone	90.7%	87.4%
Carpooled	6.5%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blackhawk	Summerset
1-unit, detached	85.7%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	13.3%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Blackhawk	Summerset
Poverty rate	3.8%	9.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1985	2007