Custer County, South Dakota (SD) Zip Code, Radio Stations, Crime Rate, Weather Forecast, Area Code

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County population in 2005: 7,904 (all rural)
County owner-occupied houses and condos: 2,286
Renter-occupied apartments: 684
% of renters here:   23%
State: 32%
Land area: 1558 sq. mi.
Water area: 1.4 sq. mi.
Population density: 5 people per square mile 
 
  (very low).

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   9.4%
Whole state: 13.2%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This county:   4.0%
Whole state: 5.8%

Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (20.6%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (12.2%), Agriculture,forestry,fishing and hunting, and mining (12.2%), Retail trade (10.0%).

Type of workers:

  • Private wage or salary: 58%
  • Government: 25%
  • Self-employed, not incorporated: 16%
  • Unpaid family work: 1%

Custer County, South Dakota business data: stores, dealers, real estate agents, wholesalers, restaurants...

Races in Custer County, South Dakota:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.4%)
  • American Indian (4.5%)
  • Two or more races (1.9%)
  • Hispanic (1.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)

Median resident age:   43.2 years
South Dakota median age:   35.6 years

Males: 3,716   (51.1%)
Females: 3,559   (48.9%)
Average wage per job in 2003: $22,060
County population in 2003: 7,665
Jobs in 2003: 2,621

Total labor force in 2004: 4,730
Unemployment rate in 2004: 3.6%

Average household size:
Custer County:   2.4 people
South Dakota: 2.5 people

Estimated median household income in 2005: $41,477 ($36,303 in 2000)
This county   $41,477
South Dakota:   $40,310

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $121,958
Custer County   $121,958
South Dakota:   $101,700

Median montly rent in 2000: $349
Institutionalized population: 254
Median monthly costs for houses with a mortgage in Custer County in 2000: $884


2004 Presidential Election results in Custer County South Dakota:

Bush/Cheney (Republican): 67.9%
Kerry/Edwards (Democratic): 29.6%


Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000: $1,401 (1.6%)

Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Custer County is $379 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $484 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $648 a month.

Cities in this county include: Custer , Hermosa , Buffalo Gap , Pringle , Fairburn .

2005 air pollution in Custer County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.083 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Ozone (8-hour): 0.070 ppm (standard limit: 0.08 ppm). Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) Annual: 7 µg/m3. Significantly below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM10) 24-hour (standard limit: 150 µg/m3): 26 µg/m3. Near U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) Annual (standard limit: 15.0 µg/m3): 5.4 µg/m3. Significantly below U.S. average.
Particulate Matter (PM2.5) 24-hour (standard limit: 35 µg/m3): 13 µg/m3. Significantly below U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides Annual: 0.001 ppm (standard limit: 0.03 ppm). Below U.S. average.
Sulfur Oxides 24-hour: 0.002 ppm (standard limit: 0.14 ppm). Below U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Niobrara County, Wyoming , Weston County, Wyoming , Fall River County , Pennington County , Shannon County .

Notable locations in this county outside city limits:

Notable locations in Custer County: Elk Mountain Campgrounds (A), Elliot Ranch (B), Flutter Ranch (C), Flynn Creek Picnic Area (D), French Creek Campground (E), French Creek Trailhead (F), Gahl Ranch (G), Gillis Ranch (H), Hammock Ranch (I), Harris Ranch (J), Harrymill Picnic Area (K), Hazelrodt Picnic Area (L), Hazelrodt Summer Homes (M), Horse Campground (N), Iron Creek Horse Camp (O), Iron Creek Summer Home Group (P), Iron Mountain Picnic Area (Q), Jewel Cave Campground (R), Jewel Cave Visitor Center (S), Johnson Ranch (T)

Cemeteries: Fairburn Cemetery (1), Pringle Cemetery (2)

Lakes and reservoirs: Pines, Lake of the (A), Bismark Lake (B), Lakota Lake (C), Center Lake (D), Stockade Lake (E), Stockdale Lake (F), Sylvan Lake (G), Ventling Reservoir (H)

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Pleasant Valley Creek (A), Galena Creek (B), Glen Erin Creek (C), Short Fork (D), Fourmile Creek (E), Sidney Creek (F), Flynn Creek (G), South Fork Lame Johnny Creek (H), Laughing Water Creek (I)

Parks in Custer County include: Wind Cave National Park (1), Custer State Park (2), Custer State Park - Norbeck Wildlife Preserve (3), Zimbleman Deer Camp (4), Norbeck Wildlife Preserve (5), Jewel Cave National Monument (6)

Post office: Crazy Horse Post Office (A).

 
Unemployment in September 2007:
Here:   2.3%
South Dakota: 2.7%

Current college students: 185
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 88.9%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

Number of foreign born residents: 79 (77% naturalized citizens)

Custer County:   1.1%
Whole state: 1.8%


Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 6
  • 1990 to 1994: 8
  • 1985 to 1989: 10
  • 1980 to 1984: 0
  • 1975 to 1979: 0
  • 1970 to 1974: 4
  • 1970 to 1974: 0
  • 1965 to 1969: 51

Mean travel time to work: 21.9 minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 65.1%

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 2,339
  • One, attached: 19
  • Two: 16
  • 3 or 4: 59
  • 5 to 9: 46
  • 10 to 19: 44
  • 20 or more: 96
  • Mobile homes: 990
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 15

Housing units in Custer County with a mortgage: 592 (62 second mortgage, 52 home equity loan, 14 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 481

Agriculture in Custer County
Average size of farms: 1944 acres
Average value of agricultural products sold per farm: $41156
Average value of crops sold per acre for harvested cropland: $45.45
The value of livestock, poultry, and their products as a percentage of the total market value of agricultural products sold: 92.51%
Average total farm production expenses per farm: $40724
Harvested cropland as a percentage of land in farms: 3.49%
Average market value of all machinery and equipment per farm: $58119
The percentage of farms operated by a family or individual: 89.11%
Average age of principal farm operators: 58 years
Average number of cattle and calves per 100 acres of all land in farms: 4.83
Corn for grain: 330 harvested acres
All wheat for grain: 936 harvested acres

Custer County historical area-adjusted tornado activity is significantly below South Dakota state average. It is 3.0 times below overall U.S. average.


Most common industries for males:
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (15%)
  • Construction (13%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Educational services (5%)
  • Wood products (5%)
  • Accommodation and food services (5%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Health care (15%)
  • Educational services (15%)
  • Accommodation and food services (10%)
  • Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting (7%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (4%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Farmers and farm managers (6%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Carpenters (5%)
  • Rail and water transportation workers (4%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (6%)
  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (6%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Cashiers (4%)
  • Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (4%)


Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:
  • Canada (24%)
  • Iran (22%)
  • Germany (14%)
  • Haiti (13%)
  • Other Northern Europe (9%)
  • Russia (8%)
  • Spain (5%)


Most common first ancestries reported in Custer County:
  • German (32%)
  • Irish (10%)
  • English (9%)
  • Norwegian (7%)
  • United States or American (6%)
  • French (except Basque) (4%)
  • Swedish (3%)

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 2,432 (72%)
  • Carpooled: 406 (12%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 26 (1%)
  • Bicycle: 8 (0%)
  • Walked: 193 (6%)
  • Other means: 32 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 274 (8%)
 

People in group quarters in Custer County, South Dakota
  • 188 people in training schools for juvenile delinquents
  • 66 people in nursing homes
  • 36 people in other nonhousehold living situations
  • 6 people in other noninstitutional group quarters
  • 4 people in other group homes

Average gross adjusted income of non-migrant taxpayers in this county in 2005 was $46,264.

11.22% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($43,128 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   11.22%
South Dakota average:   8.40%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.65% relocated from other counties in South Dakota ($17,484 average AGI)
5.57% relocated from other states ($25,647 average AGI)
Custer County:   5.57%
South Dakota average:   3.82%
Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Pennington County, SD  2.98% ($34,458 average AGI)
from Fall River County, SD  0.68% ($23,421)
from Minnehaha County, SD  0.47% ($32,385)
from Meade County, SD  0.43% ($48,333)

10.71% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,645 average adjusted gross income)

Here:   10.71%
South Dakota average:   8.34%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
5.53% relocated to other counties in South Dakota ($15,919 average AGI)
5.17% relocated to other states ($16,726 average AGI)
Custer County:   5.17%
South Dakota average:   3.78%
Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Pennington County, SD  3.15% ($35,057 average AGI)
to Fall River County, SD  0.54% ($24,133)
to Meade County, SD  0.36% ($32,800)
to Campbell County, WY  0.36% ($21,100)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.2
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 8.4


Births per 1000 population in Custer County

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 10.6
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2003: 9.9


Deaths per 1000 population in Custer County

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 15.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2003: 3.6


Infant deaths per 1000 live births in Custer County

Persons enrolled in hospital insurance and/or supplemental medical insurance (Medicare) in July 1, 2003: 1,436 (1,237 aged, 199 disabled)
Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 14%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 11%

Household type by relationship

Households: 6,972
  • In family households: 5,911 (1,817 male householders, 267 female householders)
    1,859 spouses, 1,784 children (1,591 natural, 76 adopted, 117 stepchildren), 51 grandchildren, 15 brothers or sisters, 12 parents, 20 other relatives, 86 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 1,061 (436 male householders (342 living alone)), 455 female householders (419 living alone)), 170 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 303 (258 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 1,149 2-persons, 396 3-persons, 313 4-persons, 147 5-persons, 65 6-persons, 14 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 761 1-person, 106 2-persons, 19 3-persons, 5 4-persons.

1,180 married couples with children.
287 single-parent households (85 men, 202 women).

97.0% of residents of Custer County speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (74% speak English very well, 15% speak English well, 11% speak English not well).
0.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (55% speak English very well, 27% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (83% speak English very well, 17% speak English well).

In fiscal year 2004:
Federal Government expenditure: $68,299,000 ($8911 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $4,234,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $26,646,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $5,949,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $646,000
Federal grants: $19,761,000
Federal procurement contracts: $4,130,000 ($35,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $11,166,000 ($1,334,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $2,327,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $3,196,000
Federal Government insurance: $5,988,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:
Births: 353
Here:   45 per 1000 residents
State: 72 per 1000 residents

Deaths: 364
Here:   46 per 1000 residents
State: 48 per 1000 residents

Net international migration: +5
Here:   +1 per 1000 residents
State: +5 per 1000 residents

Net internal migration: +651
Here:   +82 per 1000 residents
State:   -1 per 1000 residents



Population growth in Custer County

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 0.45 millions of gallons per day (all from ground)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:   5.7
State: 6.3

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:   4.4
State:   4.1



Year house built:
  • 1999 to March 2000: 138
  • 1995 to 1998: 402
  • 1990 to 1994: 328
  • 1980 to 1989: 655
  • 1970 to 1979: 755
  • 1960 to 1969: 284
  • 1950 to 1959: 284
  • 1940 to 1949: 217
  • 1939 or earlier: 561


Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Custer County, South Dakota:
  • 1 room: 5
  • 2 rooms: 24
  • 3 rooms: 162
  • 4 rooms: 329
  • 5 rooms: 555
  • 6 rooms: 390
  • 7 rooms: 414
  • 8 rooms: 207
  • 9 or more rooms: 200


Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Custer County, South Dakota:
  • 1 room: 27
  • 2 rooms: 89
  • 3 rooms: 99
  • 4 rooms: 137
  • 5 rooms: 153
  • 6 rooms: 91
  • 7 rooms: 49
  • 8 rooms: 21
  • 9 or more rooms: 18


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Custer County:
  • no bedroom: 16
  • 1 bedroom: 127
  • 2 bedrooms: 658
  • 3 bedrooms: 1,065
  • 4 bedrooms: 350
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 70


Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Custer County:
  • no bedroom: 27
  • 1 bedroom: 178
  • 2 bedrooms: 273
  • 3 bedrooms: 167
  • 4 bedrooms: 30
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 9


Cars and other vehicles available in Custer County in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 68
  • 1 vehicle: 467
  • 2 vehicles: 901
  • 3 vehicles: 610
  • 4 vehicles: 145
  • 5 or more vehicles: 95


Cars and other vehicles available in Custer County in renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 77
  • 1 vehicle: 325
  • 2 vehicles: 199
  • 3 vehicles: 67
  • 4 vehicles: 5
  • 5 or more vehicles: 11

56% of Custer County residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 28% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 44% lived in South Dakota.

Custer County:   55.7%
State average: 56.2%

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 3780
  • Northeast: 306
  • Midwest: 1771
  • South: 287
  • West: 1013

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses in 2000: $50,000

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 4%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 5%


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (52%)
  • Electricity (26%)
  • Wood (16%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
  • Coal or coke (1%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • Utility gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (44%)
  • Electricity (36%)
  • Wood (11%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (7%)
  • Other fuel (1%)
  • No fuel used (1%)
  • Solar energy (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 56
Here:   7.6%
South Dakota: 8.0%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 48
Here:   7.4%
South Dakota:   5.6%

Students in private undegraduate colleges: 36
Here:   27.7%
South Dakota:   17.8%


Custer County government finances in 2004:
  • Charges - All Other: $710,000
  • Current Operations - Regular Highways: $1,315,000
    General - Other: $791,000
    Police Protection: $712,000
    Fire Protection: $380,000
    Judicial and Legal Services: $289,000
    General Public Buildings: $286,000
    Financial Administration: $270,000
    Central Staff Services: $234,000
    Natural Resources - Other: $183,000
    Health Services - Other: $86,000
    Libraries: $76,000
    Air Transportation: $29,000
    Parks & Recreation: $17,000
    Welfare - Other: $10,000
    Corrections - Other: $7,000
  • Federal Intergovernmental - General Support: $591,000
    All Other: $434,000
  • Intergovernmental to Local NEC - Natural Resources: $11,000
  • Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $397,000
    General Revenue, NEC: $154,000
    Property Sale Other: $45,000
    Rents: $3,000
  • Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $5,635,000
  • State Intergovernmental - Highways: $117,000
    General Support: $14,000
    All Other: $10,000
    Public Welfare: $2,000
  • Tax - Property: $1,954,000
    Motor Vehicle License: $408,000
    NEC: $178,000
  • Total Salaries & Wages: $1,582,000

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