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Kadoka, SD

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Overview

Kadoka is a tiny city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 530 people and just one neighborhood, Kadoka is the 112th largest community in South Dakota.

Occupations and Workforce

Because occupations involving physical labor dominate the local economy, Kadoka is generally considered to be a blue-collar town. 38.73% of the Kadoka workforce is employed in blue-collar occupations, compared to the national average of 27.7%. Overall, Kadoka is a city of managers, construction workers and builders, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Kadoka who work in management occupations (23.70%), food service (11.56%), and teaching (10.40%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Residents will find that the city is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Kadoka is worth considering.

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 13.05 minutes getting to work every day.

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

Demographics

In terms of college education, Kadoka is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.67% of adults 25 and older in Kadoka have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Kadoka in 2022 was $34,746, which is lower middle income relative to South Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $138,984 for a family of four. However, Kadoka contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Kadoka is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Kadoka home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Kadoka residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Kadoka include German, English, Irish, Dutch, and Norwegian.

The most common language spoken in Kadoka is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Italian.

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.

Length of Commute

Regardless of the means by which residents commute, this neighborhood has a length of commute that is notable. Residents of the neighborhood have the pleasure of having one of the shortest commutes to work of any neighborhood in America. 76.9% of the residents have a commute time from home to work (one way) of less than fifteen minutes. This is a higher proportion of residents enjoying a short trip to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 99.3% of U.S. neighborhoods. Less time commuting means more time for other things in life.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America.

In addition, despite all of the residential real estate here in the neighborhood, NeighborhoodScout has discovered that much of it is vacant. In resort or second-home vacation areas, this naturally occurs because homes and apartments are seasonally occupied, and empty for a portion of the year. In non-vacation or resort areas, however, this can be an indicator of property abandonment or a weak real estate market. The vacancy rate here is 33.6%, which is higher than 96.6% of all U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 24.7% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry and 14.1% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 3.9% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Kadoka are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 90.1% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 17.5% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% of U.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, 49.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.7%), and 4.2% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.0% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Polish.

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 Kadoka, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (32.5%). There are also a number of people of Native American ancestry (24.7%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.4%), and some of the residents are also of French ancestry (14.1%), along with some English ancestry residents (12.7%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (76.9% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (81.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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