Lesterville vs Mission Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Lesterville and Mission Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Mission Hill has the higher population (182 vs 92 in Lesterville). Lesterville has the higher median household income ($76,250 vs $71,250 in Mission Hill). Mission Hill has the higher median home value ($111,500 vs $76,000 in Lesterville).

Population, income & housing

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
Population	92	182
Median age	60.8 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	$71,250
Median home value	$76,000	$111,500
Median gross rent	—	$900
Housing units	55	72
Homeownership rate	86.3%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%	18.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
Population	111 → 92 (-17.1%)	209 → 182 (-12.9%)
Median household income	$66,250 → $76,250 (+15.1%)	$58,438 → $71,250 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$66,700 → $76,000 (+13.9%)	$78,100 → $111,500 (+42.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$700 → $900 (+28.6%)

Lesterville

Population

11192

Median household income

$66,250$76,250

Median home value

$66,700$76,000

Mission Hill

Population

209182

Median household income

$58,438$71,250

Median home value

$78,100$111,500

Median gross rent

$700$900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
Under 5	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	2.2%	13.7%
18 to 24	3.3%	20.3%
25 to 34	4.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	16.5%
45 to 54	9.8%	18.1%
55 to 64	32.6%	12.6%
65 to 74	18.5%	6.6%
75 and over	12.0%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	97.8%	97.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
No high school diploma	6.1%	11.7%
High school graduate	42.7%	45.8%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	6.1%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
Drove alone	90.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	8.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
1-unit, detached	70.9%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	13.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.8%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Lesterville	Mission Hill
Poverty rate	5.4%	1.6%
Average household size	1.80	2.64
Mean commute (minutes)	31	20
Median year structure built	1967	1951