Haakon County vs Jerauld County

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

Haakon 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.

Jerauld County has the higher population (1,845 vs 1,708 in Haakon County). Jerauld County has the higher median household income ($75,417 vs $59,231 in Haakon County). Haakon County has the higher median home value ($153,200 vs $127,000 in Jerauld County).

Population, income & housing

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
Population	1,708	1,845
Median age	47.1 yrs	46.5 yrs
Median household income	$59,231	$75,417
Median home value	$153,200	$127,000
Median gross rent	$688	$565
Housing units	872	1,001
Homeownership rate	82.0%	84.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	21.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
Population	2,018 → 1,708 (-15.4%)	2,018 → 1,845 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$42,250 → $59,231 (+40.2%)	$49,632 → $75,417 (+52.0%)
Median home value	$105,400 → $153,200 (+45.4%)	$81,900 → $127,000 (+55.1%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $688 (-1.9%)	$494 → $565 (+14.4%)

Haakon County

Population

2,0181,708

Median household income

$42,250$59,231

Median home value

$105,400$153,200

Median gross rent

$701$688

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)

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
Under 5	6.0%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.9%	17.4%
18 to 24	5.9%	1.5%
25 to 34	11.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	9.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	8.4%	10.7%
55 to 64	14.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	13.8%	16.6%
75 and over	14.6%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	86.2%
Black or African American	1.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.2%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.1%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
No high school diploma	3.1%	6.1%
High school graduate	42.5%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	34.9%	28.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
Drove alone	74.2%	72.2%
Carpooled	1.0%	5.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	8.5%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.7%	19.3%
Other means	1.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
1-unit, detached	74.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.0%
Mobile home & other	20.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Haakon County	Jerauld County
Poverty rate	8.2%	10.4%
Average household size	2.46	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	19	18
Median year structure built	1971	1955