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Wessington Springs city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Wessington Springs city is a Census city of 727 people across 1.80 square miles of land, in Jerauld County. Median household income is $47,321, 76.7 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Wessington Springs
What Wessington Springs is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.8 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land404
- County holding the largest share of its areaJerauld 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.
Wessington Springs
How many people live in Wessington Springs
- Population727
- Median age61.0
- Population under 18131 plus or minus 42
- Share under 1818.0 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Population 65 and over331
- Share 65 and over45.5 percent plus or minus 12.2
- Households344
- Family households135 plus or minus 38
- Share of households that are families39.2 percent plus or minus 9.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wessington Springs
Income and work in Wessington Springs
- Median household income$47,321 plus or minus $12,617
- Per capita income$33,252
- Civilian labor force346 plus or minus 70
- Employed343 plus or minus 70
- Unemployed3 plus or minus 4
- Unemployment rate0.9 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Adults 25 and over580
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher91.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher23.6 percent plus or minus 5.9
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree2.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wessington Springs
Housing in Wessington Springs
- Housing units424
- Occupied units344
- Vacant units80 plus or minus 40
- Vacancy rate18.9 percent plus or minus 9.1
- Owner occupied264
- Renter occupied80 plus or minus 24
- Ownership rate76.7 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$111,300 plus or minus $32,564
- Median gross rent, monthly$560
- Annual rent as a share of median income14.2 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Single family units341
- Share single family80.4 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more78 plus or minus 28
- Share in buildings of two or more18.4 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes5 plus or minus 5
- Median year structure built1963
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wessington Springs
How Wessington Springs gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute280 plus or minus 72
- Commuting under 15 minutes195 plus or minus 58
- Share commuting under 15 minutes69.6 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more52 plus or minus 26
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more18.6 percent plus or minus 8.1
- Drove alone73.7 percent
- Carpooled6.0 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked3.6 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home15.4 percent plus or minus 9.1
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Wessington Springs
SBA 504 lending to Wessington Springs borrowers
- Approvals2
- Gross approval$150,000
- Average approval$75,000
- Median approval$90,000
- Largest approval$90,000
- Jobs supported0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Jerauld County, not Wessington Springs
Jerauld County context, not Wessington Springs figures
These are Jerauld County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Wessington Springs measurements.
- Establishments in Jerauld County71
- Employment at those establishments, Jerauld County1,463
- Covered employment, Jerauld County1,559
- Average annual pay, Jerauld County$47,603
- Average weekly wage, Jerauld County$915
- Housing units permitted, Jerauld County5
- Of those, single family, Jerauld County5
- County product, 2024, Jerauld County$171,834,000
- County product change over the prior year, Jerauld County-23.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Jerauld County$64,606
Every figure in this section is published for Jerauld County as a whole and is not a measurement of Wessington Springs. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Wessington Springs questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Wessington Springs, South Dakota?
727, in 344 households. Wessington Springs city covers 1.80 square miles of land, which is 404 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Wessington Springs in?
Jerauld 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 Wessington Springs?
$47,321. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $111,300. Median gross rent is $560 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 Wessington Springs figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Jerauld 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 Wessington Springs.
Is zoning published for Wessington Springs?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.