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Prairie City, SD Income and Careers

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Prairie City median household income is $28,409. On average Prairie City residents spend 30.0 minutes per day commuting to work, which is higher than the state average of 16.2 minutes and is higher than the national average of 25.7 minutes.

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Household Income

Ranks: $10k or less, $10k-$20k, $20k-$30k, $30k-$40k, $40k-$50k, $50k-$75k, $75k-$100k, $100k-$150k, $150k-$200k, $200k or more

Household Income Other than Earnings

	Prairie City, SD		South Dakota		U.S.
	%⁺	Average Amount	%⁺	Average Amount	%⁺	Average Amount
Interest, Dividends, or Net Rental Income	100.00%	$0, see rank	23.61%	$14,521	21.11%	$16,919
Social Security Income	66.67%	$0, see rank	28.89%	$16,534	29.33%	$17,636
Public Assistance Income	-16.67%	$0, see rank	2.88%	$2,830	2.82%	$3,720
Retirement Income	-16.67%	$0, see rank	14.40%	$20,930	17.85%	$24,095

⁺ The percentage of the total households that have the income.

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical household income data.

Employment Status

	Prairie City, SD	South Dakota	U.S.
Population 16 Years and Over	6, see rank	651,429	248,775,628
Male¹	4, 66.67%, see rank	49.87%	48.69%
Male, In Labor Force:²	0, 0.00%, see rank	73.30%	69.28%
Male, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.78%	0.73%
Male, Civilian²	0, 0.00%, see rank	72.52%	68.54%
Male, Civilian, Employed³	0, 0.00%, see rank	94.85%	90.49%
Male, Civilian, Unemployed³	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.15%	9.51%
Male, Not in Labor Force²	4, 100.00%, see rank	26.70%	30.72%
Female¹	2, 33.33%, see rank	50.13%	51.31%
Female, In Labor Force:²	2, 100.00%, see rank	64.92%	58.79%
Female, In Armed Forces²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.13%	0.11%
Female, Civilian²	2, 100.00%, see rank	64.79%	58.69%
Female, Civilian, Employed³	2, 100.00%, see rank	95.64%	91.18%
Female, Civilian, Unemployed³	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.36%	8.82%
Female, Not in Labor Force²	0, 0.00%, see rank	35.08%	41.21%

¹ Percentage of the population of 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the population of 16 years and over for the gender.
³ Percentage of the Civilian for the gender.

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical employment status data.

Commuting to Work

	Prairie City, SD	South Dakota	U.S.
Workers 16 Years and Over	2, 100%	420,700	141,337,148
Car, Truck, or Van—Drove Alone	2, 100.00%, see rank	78.81%	76.41%
Car, Truck, or Van—Carpooled	0, 0.00%, see rank	9.52%	9.59%
Public Transportation	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.50%	5.06%
Walked	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.13%	2.78%
Other Means	0, 0.00%, see rank	1.58%	1.79%
Worked at Home	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.46%	4.37%

Mean Travel Time to Work, see rank

Prairie City, SD	30.0 minutes
South Dakota	16.2 minutes
U.S.	25.7 minutes

Ranks: 9 min. or less, 10-19 min., 20-29 min., 30-39 min., 40-59 min., 60-89 min., 90min. or more

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical commuting to work data.

Careers

Occupation

	Prairie City, SD	South Dakota	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2	425,816	143,435,233
Male¹	0, 0.00%, see rank	52.48%	52.38%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	32.38%	33.12%
Service Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	12.76%	15.12%
Sales and Office Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	16.39%	17.47%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	3.07%	1.11%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	10.12%	9.29%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	18.81%	17.94%
Female¹	2, 100.00%, see rank	47.52%	47.62%
Management, Professional, and Related Occupations²	2, 100.00%, see rank	37.94%	40.04%
Service Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	22.37%	21.52%
Sales and Office Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	32.85%	31.93%
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.52%	0.32%
Construction, Extraction, Maintenance, and Repair Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	0.32%	0.28%
Production, Transportation, and Material Moving Occupations²	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.69%	5.65%

¹ Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over.
² Percentage of the civilian employed, 16 years and over for the gender.

Industry

	Prairie City, SD	South Dakota	U.S.
Civilian Employed, 16 Years and Over	2, 100%	425,816	143,435,233
Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing, Hunting, Mining	0, 0.00%, see rank	7.12%	1.96%
Construction	0, 0.00%, see rank	6.49%	6.17%
Manufacturing	0, 0.00%, see rank	9.66%	10.43%
Wholesale Trade	0, 0.00%, see rank	2.96%	2.75%
Retail Trade	0, 0.00%, see rank	11.36%	11.57%
Transportation, Warehousing, Utilities	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.13%	4.93%
Information	0, 0.00%, see rank	1.74%	2.14%
Finance, Insurance, Real Estate, Rental, Leasing	0, 0.00%, see rank	7.35%	6.60%
Professional, Scientific, Management, Administrative, Waste Management Services	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.89%	10.89%
Educational Services, Health Care, Social Assistance	2, 100.00%, see rank	24.27%	23.21%
Arts, Entertainment, Recreation, Accommodation, Food Services	0, 0.00%, see rank	9.34%	9.49%
Public Administration	0, 0.00%, see rank	5.21%	4.92%
Other Services, Except Public Administration	0, 0.00%, see rank	4.48%	4.96%

*Based on 2010-2014 data. View historical careers data.