Faulk County vs Jerauld County

A side-by-side comparison of Faulk County and Jerauld County: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Faulk County has the higher population (2,137 vs 1,845 in Jerauld County). Jerauld County has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $58,000 in Faulk County). Jerauld County has the higher median home value ($127,000 vs $124,100 in Faulk County).

Population, income & housing

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
Population	2,137	1,845
Median age	43.2 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,000	$75,417
Median home value	$124,100	$127,000
Median gross rent	$692	$565
Housing units	1,080	1,001
Homeownership rate	81.9%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
Population	2,312 → 2,137 (-7.6%)	2,018 → 1,845 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$55,096 → $58,000 (+5.3%)	$49,632 → $75,417 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$85,100 → $124,100 (+45.8%)	$81,900 → $127,000 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $692 (+4.8%)	$494 → $565 (+14.4%)

Faulk County

Population

2,3122,137

Median household income

$55,096$58,000

Median home value

$85,100$124,100

Median gross rent

$660$692

Jerauld County

Population

2,0181,845

Median household income

$49,632$75,417

Median home value

$81,900$127,000

Median gross rent

$494$565

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
Under 5	4.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	20.5%	17.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	1.5%
25 to 34	9.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	16.6%
75 and over	13.2%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.3%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
No high school diploma	7.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	30.1%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	44.5%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
Drove alone	68.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	11.3%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.4%	19.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
1-unit, detached	83.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	5.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	8.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Faulk County	Jerauld County
Poverty rate	25.6%	10.4%
Average household size	2.33	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	18
Median year structure built	1960	1955