Moving to Reliance, South Dakota
Population: 206. Estimated population in July 2024: 214 (+3.9% change)
Males: 103 (50.0%), Females: 103 (50.0%)
Lyman County
Zip code: 57569
Demographics
Median resident age: 37.0 years
Median household income: $30,833
Median house value: $32,100
Population by Race
Races in Reliance:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.3%)
- American Indian (9.2%)
- Two or more races (4.4%)
Ancestries: German (47.6%), English (20.4%), Irish (20.4%), Swedish (8.3%), Norwegian (6.3%), Czech (5.8%).
Elevation: 1796 feet
Land area: 1.1 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Reliance
- High school or higher: 77.2%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 22.8%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.6%
- Unemployed: 2.0%
- Mean travel time to work: 22.6 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Reliance town
- Never married: 24.8%
- Now married: 48.4%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 11.8%
- Divorced: 14.4%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +37 (+21.9%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Reliance:
- MID-DAKOTA HOSPITAL (about 22 miles; CHAMBERLAIN, SD)
- AVERA GREGORY HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 47 miles; GREGORY, SD)
- WINNER REGIONAL HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 48 miles; WINNER, SD)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Reliance:
- PIERRE REGIONAL (about 58 miles; PIERRE, SD; Abbreviation: PIR)
- HURON REGIONAL (about 102 miles; HURON, SD; Abbreviation: HON)
- ABERDEEN REGIONAL (about 135 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; Abbreviation: ABR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Reliance:
- CHAMBERLAIN MUNI (about 22 miles; CHAMBERLAIN, SD; Abbreviation: 9V9)
- PRESHO MUNI (about 30 miles; PRESHO, SD; Abbreviation: 5P5)
- BOB WILEY FIELD (about 38 miles; WINNER, SD; Abbreviation: SFD)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Reliance:
- NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 134 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; Full-time enrollment: 2,356)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 194 miles; NORFOLK, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,732)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 198 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Full-time enrollment: 7,353)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 198 miles; VERMILLION, SD; Full-time enrollment: 6,014)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 211 miles; WAYNE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,026)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY (about 212 miles; KEARNEY, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,588)
- UNIVERSITY OF MARY (about 214 miles; BISMARCK, ND; Full-time enrollment: 2,203)