Lake Norden, SD population, income and ZIP codes

Lake Norden city is a very small community in South Dakota, with 769 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #103 of 485 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 24.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a distinctly younger profile, typical of places with students, military posts or a fast-growing family population. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Lake Norden city earn a median of $71,923 a year, 8.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 10% above the $65,500 median for the 79 South Dakota cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 4.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Lake Norden city is valued at $201,400, 33.6% below the national figure and 4% above the $192,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $956 a month, 32% below the national figure, or roughly $11,472 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 16% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 65.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

A median age of 24.6 means a large student or early-career population; income medians in places like this understate household resources, since many residents are supported from outside the address. With 769 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Lake Norden city against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.