Baltic vs Dell Rapids

A side-by-side comparison of Baltic and Dell Rapids: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dell Rapids has the higher population (3,947 vs 1,512 in Baltic). Baltic has the higher median household income ($105,132 vs $101,250 in Dell Rapids). Dell Rapids has the higher median home value ($284,400 vs $240,200 in Baltic).

Population, income & housing

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
Population	1,512	3,947
Median age	29.6 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,132	$101,250
Median home value	$240,200	$284,400
Median gross rent	$1,116	$919
Housing units	493	1,663
Homeownership rate	82.4%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
Population	1,110 → 1,512 (+36.2%)	3,660 → 3,947 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $105,132 (+36.5%)	$71,162 → $101,250 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$165,700 → $240,200 (+45.0%)	$170,700 → $284,400 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,116 (+36.3%)	$856 → $919 (+7.4%)

Baltic

Population

1,1101,512

Median household income

$77,000$105,132

Median home value

$165,700$240,200

Median gross rent

$819$1,116

Dell Rapids

Population

3,6603,947

Median household income

$71,162$101,250

Median home value

$170,700$284,400

Median gross rent

$856$919

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
Under 5	12.8%	4.7%
5 to 17	24.9%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.4%	2.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	14.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	13.5%
45 to 54	9.1%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	5.0%	12.6%
75 and over	0.9%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
No high school diploma	2.2%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.2%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
Drove alone	86.3%	86.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.6%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
1-unit, detached	91.5%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Baltic	Dell Rapids
Poverty rate	0.7%	6.2%
Average household size	3.12	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1998	1990