Campbell County vs Sully County

A side-by-side comparison of Campbell County and Sully County: population, income, housing, and more.

Campbell County and Sully County are counties in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Both have a population of 1,481. Sully County has the higher median household income ($70,250 vs $65,000 in Campbell County). Sully County has the higher median home value ($198,700 vs $87,900 in Campbell County).

Population, income & housing

	Campbell County	Sully County
Population	1,481	1,481
Median age	52.4 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,000	$70,250
Median home value	$87,900	$198,700
Median gross rent	$635	$913
Housing units	921	908
Homeownership rate	78.1%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.5%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Campbell County	Sully County
Population	1,485 → 1,481 (-0.3%)	1,305 → 1,481 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$54,449 → $65,000 (+19.4%)	$62,153 → $70,250 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$68,800 → $87,900 (+27.8%)	$144,100 → $198,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $635 (+18.9%)	$582 → $913 (+56.9%)

Campbell County

Population

1,4851,481

Median household income

$54,449$65,000

Median home value

$68,800$87,900

Median gross rent

$534$635

Sully County

Population

1,3051,481

Median household income

$62,153$70,250

Median home value

$144,100$198,700

Median gross rent

$582$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Campbell County	Sully County
Under 5	5.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	15.3%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.0%	6.1%
25 to 34	6.9%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.1%	14.2%
55 to 64	19.4%	19.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	14.3%
75 and over	14.6%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Campbell County	Sully County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.0%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Campbell County	Sully County
No high school diploma	8.5%	3.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Campbell County	Sully County
Drove alone	61.7%	67.3%
Carpooled	7.0%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.2%	15.4%
Other means	1.7%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Campbell County	Sully County
1-unit, detached	79.5%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	13.7%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Campbell County	Sully County
Poverty rate	8.5%	7.9%
Average household size	2.10	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	14	17
Median year structure built	1955	1975