Crooks vs Dell Rapids

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

Crooks 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 1,216 in Crooks). Crooks has the higher median household income ($104,479 vs $101,250 in Dell Rapids). Dell Rapids has the higher median home value ($284,400 vs $270,500 in Crooks).

Population, income & housing

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
Population	1,216	3,947
Median age	41.5 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$104,479	$101,250
Median home value	$270,500	$284,400
Median gross rent	$1,113	$919
Housing units	455	1,663
Homeownership rate	87.5%	81.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.4%	36.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
Population	1,279 → 1,216 (-4.9%)	3,660 → 3,947 (+7.8%)
Median household income	$94,904 → $104,479 (+10.1%)	$71,162 → $101,250 (+42.3%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $270,500 (+36.0%)	$170,700 → $284,400 (+66.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,113 (-0.1%)	$856 → $919 (+7.4%)

Crooks

Population

1,2791,216

Median household income

$94,904$104,479

Median home value

$198,900$270,500

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,113

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)

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
Under 5	5.6%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.7%	2.5%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.9%
35 to 44	18.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	12.8%
65 to 74	6.1%	12.6%
75 and over	1.4%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
White (non-Hispanic)	95.7%	92.0%
Black or African American	0.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.3%
High school graduate	26.9%	25.6%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	23.1%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
Drove alone	86.6%	86.8%
Carpooled	4.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	7.6%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
1-unit, detached	96.5%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.2%

Poverty & households

	Crooks	Dell Rapids
Poverty rate	0.2%	6.2%
Average household size	2.67	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1992	1990