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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 1,347 people and just one neighborhood, Deadwood is the 90th largest community in South Dakota. Much of the housing stock in Deadwood was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

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 management occupations (13.62%), office and administrative support (10.03%), and sales jobs (9.13%).

Of important note, Deadwood is also a city of artists. Deadwood has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Deadwood’s character.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.94% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Deadwood has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Deadwood a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 16.06 minutes getting to work every day.

As is often the case in a small city, Deadwood doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

The education level of Deadwood citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 21.10% of adults in Deadwood have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Deadwood in 2022 was $38,219, which is middle income relative to South Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,876 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 Asian. Important ancestries of people in Deadwood include German, Norwegian, Irish, 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

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Deadwood, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

People

Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.

In addition, 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, 9.5% of this neighborhood's residents have Norwegian ancestry and 3.8% have Russian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a 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 41.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 32.9% 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 32.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (20.3%), and 12.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 97.1% 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 (33.0%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (14.0%), and residents who report English roots (9.7%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (9.5%), along with some Mexican ancestry residents (7.7%), 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 (39.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (70.6%) 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 (17.3%) . 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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