Corson County vs Edmunds County

A side-by-side comparison of Corson County and Edmunds County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Edmunds County has the higher population (4,033 vs 3,859 in Corson County). Edmunds County has the higher median household income ($77,266 vs $43,750 in Corson County). Edmunds County has the higher median home value ($163,600 vs $73,800 in Corson County).

Population, income & housing

	Corson County	Edmunds County
Population	3,859	4,033
Median age	29.9 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	$43,750	$77,266
Median home value	$73,800	$163,600
Median gross rent	$473	$881
Housing units	1,360	1,892
Homeownership rate	60.5%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	29.5%
Unemployment rate	23.3%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Corson County	Edmunds County
Population	4,150 → 3,859 (-7.0%)	3,909 → 4,033 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$35,759 → $43,750 (+22.3%)	$71,324 → $77,266 (+8.3%)
Median home value	$58,500 → $73,800 (+26.2%)	$118,400 → $163,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$443 → $473 (+6.8%)	$604 → $881 (+45.9%)

Corson County

Population

4,1503,859

Median household income

$35,759$43,750

Median home value

$58,500$73,800

Median gross rent

$443$473

Edmunds County

Population

3,9094,033

Median household income

$71,324$77,266

Median home value

$118,400$163,600

Median gross rent

$604$881

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Corson County	Edmunds County
Under 5	10.2%	8.8%
5 to 17	25.4%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.2%	5.0%
25 to 34	10.5%	10.6%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	12.1%	16.4%
65 to 74	8.6%	13.4%
75 and over	4.3%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Corson County	Edmunds County
White (non-Hispanic)	30.1%	94.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	66.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Corson County	Edmunds County
No high school diploma	13.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	33.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Corson County	Edmunds County
Drove alone	63.7%	69.1%
Carpooled	4.6%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	6.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	27.5%	13.2%
Other means	1.5%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Corson County	Edmunds County
1-unit, detached	82.4%	87.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Corson County	Edmunds County
Poverty rate	45.2%	8.5%
Average household size	3.47	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	20	20
Median year structure built	1973	1966