Moving to Wakonda, South Dakota
Population: 374. Estimated population in July 2024: 345 (-7.8% change)
Males: 180 (48.1%), Females: 194 (51.9%)
Clay County
Zip code: 57073
Demographics
Median resident age: 39.3 years
Median household income: $31,875
Median house value: $29,600
Population by Race
Races in Wakonda:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.5%)
- American Indian (0.5%)
Ancestries: German (27.5%), Norwegian (25.7%), Danish (11.5%), Irish (11.2%), English (5.3%), Czech (2.7%).
Elevation: 1377 feet
Land area: 0.4 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Wakonda
- High school or higher: 83.1%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 18.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.7%
- Unemployed: 3.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.1 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Wakonda town
- Never married: 20.0%
- Now married: 55.4%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 18.2%
- Divorced: 4.9%
0.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +38 (+11.3%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Wakonda:
- PIONEER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL – CAH (about 14 miles; VIBORG, SD)
- SIOUX VALLEY VERMILLION HOSPITAL (about 18 miles; VERMILLION, SD)
- AVERA SACRED HEART HOSPITAL (about 23 miles; YANKTON, SD)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Wakonda:
- CHAN GURNEY MUNI (about 21 miles; YANKTON, SD; Abbreviation: YKN)
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 47 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD; Abbreviation: FSD)
- SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 66 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; Abbreviation: SUX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wakonda:
- HAROLD DAVIDSON FIELD (about 22 miles; VERMILLION, SD; Abbreviation: VMR)
- HARTINGTON MUNI (about 30 miles; HARTINGTON, NE; Abbreviation: 0B4)
- MARV SKIE-LINCOLN COUNTY (about 38 miles; TEA, SD; Abbreviation: Y14)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Wakonda:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 18 miles; VERMILLION, SD; Full-time enrollment: 6,014)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 55 miles; WAYNE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,026)
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 70 miles; SIOUX CITY, IA; Full-time enrollment: 2,639)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83 miles; NORFOLK, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,732)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Full-time enrollment: 7,353)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA (about 135 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 10,150)
- CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY (about 135 miles; OMAHA, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,806)
Schools
Public high school in Wakonda:
- WAKONDA HI SCH (Students: 59; Location: 202 NEBRASKA; Grades: 09 – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Wakonda:
- WAKONDA ELEM (Students: 84; Location: 202 NEBRASKA; Grades: PK – 06)
- WAKONDA JR HI (Students: 27; Location: 202 NEBRASKA; Grades: 07 – 08)
Libraries
Library in Wakonda:
- WAKONDA PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $3,306; Location: 118 OHIO ST; 2,226 books; 147 audio materials; 12 video materials; 1 serial subscriptions)