Yankton

Population & Demographics

Yankton, SD

Yankton is home to 15,540 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 8,126 resident workers commute each day.

South DakotaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
15,540
people
Population

15,540 residents

Median age 41.4 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Yankton population & demographics

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

Population
15,540
Median age
41.4yrs
Median household income
$67,804
Median home value
$222,700
Median gross rent
$790/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
33.2%
Poverty rate
14.1%

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 Yankton

How Yankton 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).

White84.8%
Hispanic or Latino6.5%
Two or more races3.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native2.3%
Black2.2%
Asian0.4%

Race across Yankton

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 Yankton.

Yankton at a glance
Employed Residents
8,126
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
55.8mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
61.4%
Share working within the area
Work from home
5.5%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Sioux Falls
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Yankton 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 Yankton 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.

93
Commute Score

93 / 100

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

Yankton

8,126 commutes, one dot at a time

Yankton

Where 8,126 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

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

1Yankton0.0 mi4,987
2Sioux Falls55.8 mi779
3Sioux City57.6 mi129
4Vermillion24.7 mi126
5Brookings102.6 mi102
6Rapid City304.5 mi70
7Mitchell65.5 mi55
8Watertown140.2 mi49

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Yankton.

1Yankton0.0 mi4,987
2Sioux Falls55.8 mi466
3Vermillion24.7 mi260
4Mitchell65.5 mi135
5Hartington19.3 mi112
6Tyndall25.0 mi87
7Springfield25.6 mi61
8Scotland24.6 mi59

Top industries

The sectors that employ Yankton’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%)
MFManufacturing26.0%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance18.2%
RTRetail Trade11.9%
AFAccommodation and Food Services9.3%
PAPublic Administration7.0%
EDEducational Services6.8%
FIFinance and Insurance3.6%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services3.5%
WSWholesale Trade3.0%
Connectivity

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