Huron

Population & Demographics

Huron, SD

Huron is home to 14,385 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 7,010 resident workers commute each day.

South DakotaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
14,385
people
Population

14,385 residents

Median age 36.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Huron population & demographics

Who lives in Huron — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
14,385
Median age
36.1yrs
Median household income
$61,452
Median home value
$159,000
Median gross rent
$888/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
27.0%
Poverty rate
16.1%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Huron

How Huron breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White59.8%
Hispanic or Latino18.8%
Asian13.1%
Two or more races5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.3%
Black1.1%
Some other race0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Huron

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Huron.

Huron at a glance
Employed Residents
7,010
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
14.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
55.8%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.3%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Alpena
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Huron proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Huron commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

96
Commute Score

96 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Huron

7,010 commutes, one dot at a time

Huron

Where 7,010 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Huron, by worker count.

1Huron0.0 mi3,912
2Alpena14.4 mi502
3Sioux Falls93.4 mi286
4Mitchell45.6 mi204
5Aberdeen77.3 mi163
6Watertown66.1 mi154
7Pierre105.0 mi97
8Brookings70.9 mi91

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Huron.

1Huron0.0 mi3,912
2Sioux Falls93.4 mi136
3Mitchell45.6 mi131
4Watertown66.1 mi126
5Aberdeen77.3 mi114
6Wolsey13.2 mi68
7Pierre105.0 mi66
8Brookings70.9 mi62

Top industries

The sectors that employ Huron’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing22.1%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance15.9%
RTRetail Trade12.6%
EDEducational Services7.8%
AFAccommodation and Food Services6.5%
FIFinance and Insurance6.2%
PAPublic Administration6.1%
WSWholesale Trade5.4%
COConstruction2.9%
Connectivity

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