South Dakota · Census place 36620
Letcher town, SD
Quick answer
Letcher town has 184 residents, ranking #243 of 485 places in South Dakota. Median household income is $67,500, the median home is worth $88,000 and median gross rent runs $755 a month.
- Population
- 184Letcher town residents
- Median household income
- $67,500Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
- Median home value
- $88,000Owner-occupied units
- Median gross rent
- $755Rent plus utilities, monthly
- Median age
- 32 yrsAll residents
- Homeownership rate
- 69.4%Owner-occupied households
What the numbers mean in Letcher town
Housing cost measured against local earnings.
A household earning the Letcher town median would spend about 13.4% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.3× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.4% of residents and 69.4% of households own their home.
Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year
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