Hyde County vs Sully County

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

Hyde 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.

Sully County has the higher population (1,481 vs 1,305 in Hyde County). Hyde County has the higher median household income ($74,279 vs $70,250 in Sully County). Sully County has the higher median home value ($198,700 vs $134,500 in Hyde County).

Population, income & housing

	Hyde County	Sully County
Population	1,305	1,481
Median age	50.9 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,279	$70,250
Median home value	$134,500	$198,700
Median gross rent	$921	$913
Housing units	632	908
Homeownership rate	82.2%	76.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hyde County	Sully County
Population	1,319 → 1,305 (-1.1%)	1,305 → 1,481 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$57,788 → $74,279 (+28.5%)	$62,153 → $70,250 (+13.0%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $134,500 (+51.5%)	$144,100 → $198,700 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $921 (+50.2%)	$582 → $913 (+56.9%)

Hyde County

Population

1,3191,305

Median household income

$57,788$74,279

Median home value

$88,800$134,500

Median gross rent

$613$921

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)

	Hyde County	Sully County
Under 5	7.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	13.1%	14.7%
18 to 24	3.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	8.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	11.6%	6.8%
45 to 54	10.3%	14.2%
55 to 64	18.9%	19.3%
65 to 74	14.4%	14.3%
75 and over	12.1%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hyde County	Sully County
White (non-Hispanic)	86.7%	92.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	11.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hyde County	Sully County
No high school diploma	10.3%	3.8%
High school graduate	30.2%	39.3%
Some college or associate's	38.4%	36.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.2%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hyde County	Sully County
Drove alone	68.2%	67.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	12.6%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	15.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hyde County	Sully County
1-unit, detached	88.6%	75.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	2.2%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	3.6%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	18.6%

Poverty & households

	Hyde County	Sully County
Poverty rate	8.2%	7.9%
Average household size	2.35	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1958	1975