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Fort Thompson, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Fort Thompson is a Census CDP of 1,147 people across 10.38 square miles of land, in Buffalo County. Median household income is $47,159, 39.2 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Fort Thompson
What Fort Thompson is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area10.38 sq mi
- Water area2.22 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land111
- County holding the largest share of its areaBuffalo County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Thompson
How many people live in Fort Thompson
- Population1,147
- Median age22.8 plus or minus 5.4
- Population under 18425
- Share under 1837.1 percent
- Population 65 and over115 plus or minus 48
- Share 65 and over10.0 percent plus or minus 3.7
- Households337
- Family households215 plus or minus 51
- Share of households that are families63.8 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Thompson
Income and work in Fort Thompson
- Median household income$47,159 plus or minus $11,052
- Per capita income$15,924 plus or minus $3,747
- Civilian labor force382 plus or minus 93
- Employed342 plus or minus 91
- Unemployed40 plus or minus 29
- Unemployment rate10.5 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Adults 25 and over558
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher86.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher7.2 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Thompson
Housing in Fort Thompson
- Housing units386
- Occupied units337
- Vacant units49 plus or minus 20
- Vacancy rate12.7 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Owner occupied132 plus or minus 46
- Renter occupied205 plus or minus 45
- Ownership rate39.2 percent plus or minus 11.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$150,000 plus or minus $82,980
- Median gross rent, monthly$563 plus or minus $222
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Single family units270
- Share single family69.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more52 plus or minus 27
- Share in buildings of two or more13.5 percent plus or minus 6.9
- Mobile homes64 plus or minus 29
- Median year structure built1974
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Fort Thompson
How Fort Thompson gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute334 plus or minus 91
- Commuting under 15 minutes218 plus or minus 70
- Share commuting under 15 minutes65.3 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more24 plus or minus 25
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more7.2 percent plus or minus 7.2
- Drove alone90.6 percent
- Carpooled0.0 percent
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked4.4 percent plus or minus 3.9
- Worked from home2.3 percent plus or minus 2.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buffalo County, not Fort Thompson
Buffalo County context, not Fort Thompson figures
- Establishments in Buffalo County11
- Covered employment, Buffalo County538
- Average annual pay, Buffalo County$50,972
Every figure in this section is published for Buffalo County as a whole and is not a measurement of Fort Thompson.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Fort Thompson questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Fort Thompson, South Dakota?
1,147, in 337 households. Fort Thompson CDP covers 10.38 square miles of land, which is 111 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Fort Thompson in?
Buffalo County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Fort Thompson?
$47,159. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $150,000. Median gross rent is $563 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Fort Thompson figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Buffalo County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Fort Thompson.
Is zoning published for Fort Thompson?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.