What is the population of Sturgis city?

Sturgis city has 7,111 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 485 in South Dakota.

What is the median household income in Sturgis city?

Median household income in Sturgis city is $51,101 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sturgis city?

Median gross rent is $815 a month and the median home value is $236,400, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.

Is Sturgis city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sturgis city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Sturgis, SD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Sturgis, South Dakota (Sturgis, SD — Census place “Sturgis city”) is 7,111 residents, ranking #16 of 485 places in South Dakota. Median household income is $51,101, the median home is worth $236,400 and median gross rent runs $815 a month. Looking for the Sturgis South Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Sturgis, SD: 57785.

Population: 7,111Sturgis city residents
Median household income: $51,101Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $236,400Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $815Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.5 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.1%Owner-occupied households

Sturgis ZIP codes (South Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Sturgis.

The Sturgis SD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

57785

What the numbers mean in Sturgis city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Sturgis city median would spend about 19.1% 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 4.6× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 9% of residents and 64.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Sturgis city, SD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Sturgis city is a mid-size town in South Dakota, with 7,111 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #16 of 485 ranked by population — larger than 96% of them. The median age here is 40.5 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Sturgis city earn a median of $51,101 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 22% below the $65,500 median for the 79 South Dakota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 9% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Sturgis city is valued at $236,400, 22.1% below the national figure and 23% above the $192,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $815 a month, 42% below the national figure, or roughly $9,780 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 19.1% 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 4.6×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 64.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. 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.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Sturgis city?: Sturgis city has 7,111 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #16 of 485 in South Dakota.
What is the median household income in Sturgis city?: Median household income in Sturgis city is $51,101 a year, 34.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Sturgis city?: Median gross rent is $815 a month and the median home value is $236,400, so rent absorbs about 19.1% of median household income.
Is Sturgis city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.6× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Sturgis city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 19.1% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Sturgis city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.