Piedmont vs Summerset

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

Piedmont 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 956 in Piedmont). Summerset has the higher median household income ($115,197 vs $52,730 in Piedmont). Summerset has the higher median home value ($337,900 vs $290,100 in Piedmont).

Population, income & housing

	Piedmont	Summerset
Population	956	2,978
Median age	50.8 yrs	34.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,730	$115,197
Median home value	$290,100	$337,900
Median gross rent	$1,176	$1,233
Housing units	446	1,048
Homeownership rate	90.9%	80.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.3%	41.1%
Unemployment rate	1.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piedmont	Summerset
Population	977 → 956 (-2.1%)	2,477 → 2,978 (+20.2%)
Median household income	$65,313 → $52,730 (-19.3%)	$88,526 → $115,197 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$157,900 → $290,100 (+83.7%)	$225,200 → $337,900 (+50.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,293 → $1,176 (-9.0%)	$1,127 → $1,233 (+9.4%)

Piedmont

Population

977956

Median household income

$65,313$52,730

Median home value

$157,900$290,100

Median gross rent

$1,293$1,176

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)

	Piedmont	Summerset
Under 5	2.1%	6.4%
5 to 17	22.3%	24.6%
18 to 24	3.1%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	7.8%	18.6%
45 to 54	8.8%	12.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	9.5%
65 to 74	20.8%	4.2%
75 and over	6.2%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piedmont	Summerset
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	93.4%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.5%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piedmont	Summerset
No high school diploma	3.8%	1.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	37.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	13.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piedmont	Summerset
Drove alone	69.7%	87.4%
Carpooled	5.7%	6.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	20.6%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	4.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piedmont	Summerset
1-unit, detached	86.1%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Piedmont	Summerset
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1982	2007