Kimball, South Dakota Population, Hospitals, Airports, and Schools
Population: 745. Estimated population in July 2024: 693 (-7.0% change)
Males: 349 (46.8%), Females: 396 (53.2%)
Brule County
Zip code: 57355
Demographics
Median resident age: 39.7 years
Median household income: $32,167
Median house value: $36,500
Population by Race
Races in Kimball:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.3%)
- American Indian (0.7%)
Ancestries: German (39.6%), Czech (14.1%), United States (11.9%), Irish (10.6%), Norwegian (8.7%), English (4.8%).
Elevation: 1788 feet
Land area: 3.1 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Kimball
- High school or higher: 81.3%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 17.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.9%
- Unemployed: 2.5%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.0 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Kimball city
- Never married: 23.5%
- Now married: 56.7%
- Separated: 2.0%
- Widowed: 11.1%
- Divorced: 6.8%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +5 (+0.7%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Kimball:
- PLATTE HEALTH CENTER – CAH (about 22 miles; PLATTE, SD)
- MID-DAKOTA HOSPITAL (about 24 miles; CHAMBERLAIN, SD)
- AVERA WESKOTA MEMORIAL MED CTR – CAH (about 31 miles; WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kimball:
- HURON REGIONAL (about 68 miles; HURON, SD; Abbreviation: HON)
- PIERRE REGIONAL (about 102 miles; PIERRE, SD; Abbreviation: PIR)
- ABERDEEN REGIONAL (about 122 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; Abbreviation: ABR)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kimball:
- KIMBALL MUNI (about 1 miles; KIMBALL, SD; Abbreviation: 6A6)
- CHAMBERLAIN MUNI (about 25 miles; CHAMBERLAIN, SD; Abbreviation: 9V9)
- PLATTE MUNI (about 26 miles; PLATTE, SD; Abbreviation: 1D3)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Kimball:
- NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 123 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; Full-time enrollment: 2,356)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 154 miles; VERMILLION, SD; Full-time enrollment: 6,014)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 156 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Full-time enrollment: 7,353)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 157 miles; NORFOLK, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,732)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 170 miles; WAYNE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,026)
- UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT KEARNEY (about 200 miles; KEARNEY, NE; Full-time enrollment: 5,588)
- CENTRAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 201 miles; GRAND ISLAND, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,730)
Schools
Public high school in Kimball:
- KIMBALL HI SCH (Students: 76; Location: 300 S EAST ST; Grades: 09 – 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Kimball:
- KIMBALL ELEM (Students: 117; Location: 300 S EAST ST; Grades: KG – 06)
- KIMBALL JR HI (Students: 50; Location: 300 S EAST ST; Grades: 07 – 08)
- GRASS RANCH ELEM (Students: 32; Location: 36570 258TH ST; Grades: KG – 08)
Libraries
Library in Kimball:
- KIMBALL PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $13,737; Location: 140 N MAIN SUITE 104; 14,147 books; 33 audio materials; 316 video materials; 3 serial subscriptions)