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Deadwood, SD

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Overview


Deadwood is a very small city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 1,245 people and just one neighborhood, Deadwood is the 90th largest community in South Dakota. Deadwood has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.

Deadwood real estate is some of the most expensive in South Dakota, although Deadwood house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.

Occupations and Workforce

Deadwood is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Deadwood is a city of construction workers and builders, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Deadwood who work in office and administrative support (11.99%), management occupations (9.67%), and sales jobs (8.45%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Deadwood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Deadwood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Deadwood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Deadwood may be for you.

One of the benefits of Deadwood is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.24 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

Deadwood is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The overall education level of Deadwood is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 26.21% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Deadwood in 2022 was $33,089, which is middle income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $132,356 for a family of four. However, Deadwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Deadwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Deadwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Deadwood include German, Irish, Norwegian, English, and Russian.

The most common language spoken in Deadwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Thai.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.

Occupations

Each year, fewer and fewer Americans make their living as farmers, foresters, or fishers. But the neighborhood truly stands out among U.S. neighborhoods. According to exclusive NeighborhoodScout analysis, this neighborhood has a greater proportion of farmers, foresters, or fishers than 97.3% of all American neighborhoods. This is truly a unique cultural characteristic of this neighborhood.

People

There is an especially high percentage of incarcerated people (1.1%) living in the neighborhood.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Norwegian and Russian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.3% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 4.0% have Russian ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Deadwood are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 43.8% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.7% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 59.3% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.2% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.1%), and 14.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.6% of households. Some people also speak Polish (4.0%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Deadwood, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (35.2%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report Norwegian roots (8.3%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (7.1%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (6.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (45.2% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (71.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (16.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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