Pine Ridge, SD

Census Place

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2024 Population
2,246
US Senator
John Thune
Republican Party
US Senator
Mike Rounds
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
29.6
22.3% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
14.5%
55% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$53,060
4.13% 1-year growth
2023 Median Property Value
$45,000
18.2% 1-year decline
2024 Employed Population
726
10.3% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Pine Ridge, SD reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

100% of the residents in Pine Ridge, SD are U.S. citizens.

In 2023, the median property value in Pine Ridge, SD was $45,000, and the homeownership rate was 47.3%.

Most people in Pine Ridge, SD drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 11.2 minutes. The average car ownership in Pine Ridge, SD was 3 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Pine Ridge, SD is home to a population of 2.25k people, from which 100% are citizens. As of 2024, 0.089% of Pine Ridge, SD residents were born outside of the country (2 people).

In 2024, there were 6.03 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.93k people) in Pine Ridge, SD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 319 White (Non-Hispanic) and 2 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

100%
2024 Citizenship
100%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 100% of Pine Ridge, SD residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Pine Ridge, SD was 100%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been maintaining.

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Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Pine Ridge, SD
  1. American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic)
    1.93k ± 808
  2. White (Non-Hispanic)
    319 ± 285
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    2 ± 4
0.089%
Hispanic Population
2 people

In 2024, there were 6.03 times more American Indian & Alaska Native (Non-Hispanic) residents (1.93k people) in Pine Ridge, SD than any other race or ethnicity. There were 319 White (Non-Hispanic) and 2 Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

0.089% of the people in Pine Ridge, SD are hispanic (2 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Pine Ridge, SD as a share of the total population.

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Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for South Dakota.
Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    3,626 ± 1,475 people
  2. Guatemala
    2,932 ± 1,327 people
  3. Ethiopia
    2,627 ± 1,257 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of South Dakota was Mexico, the natal country of 3,626 South Dakota residents, followed by Guatemala with 2,932 and Ethiopia with 2,627.

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Foreign-Born Population

0.089%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
2 people

As of 2024, 0.089% of Pine Ridge, SD residents (2 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Pine Ridge, SD was 0%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Gulf War (2001-)
    62 ± 95
  2. Korea
    4 ± 16

Pine Ridge, SD has a large population of military personnel who served in Gulf War (2001-), 15.5 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Pine Ridge, SD employs 726 people. In 2024, the largest industries in Pine Ridge, SD were Health Care & Social Assistance (199 people), Public Administration (109 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (95 people), and the highest paying industries were Educational Services ($54,388), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($53,870), and Health Care & Social Assistance ($53,511).

Employment

Occupations

726
2024 Value
± 250
10.3%
1 Year growth
± 43.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Pine Ridge, SD grew at a rate of 10.3%, from 658 employees to 726 employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Pine Ridge, SD, are Community & Social Service Occupations (130 people), Construction & Extraction Occupations (90 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (83 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Pine Ridge, SD.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.

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The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

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Industries

Employment by Industries

726
2024 Value
± 250
10.3%
1 Year growth
± 43.6%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Pine Ridge, SD grew at a rate of 10.3%, from 658 employees to 726 employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Pine Ridge, SD, are Health Care & Social Assistance (199 people), Public Administration (109 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (95 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Pine Ridge, SD, though some of these residents may live in Pine Ridge, SD and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$41,146
Median earning men ± $28,413
$36,780
Median earning women ± $28,645

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($53,346), Retail Trade ($42,292), and Public Administration ($2,499).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($54,628).

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Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for South Dakota.
Y-Axis
2.37%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 450k people employed in South Dakota. This represents a 2.37% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 8.96%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in South Dakota.

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Pine Ridge, SD was $45,000 in 2023, which is 0.135 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2022 and 2023 the median property value increased from $55,000 to $45,000, a 18.2% decrease. The homeownership rate in Pine Ridge, SD is 47.3%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Pine Ridge, SD have an average commute time of 11.2 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Pine Ridge, SD is higher than the national average, with an average of 3 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$45,000
Median Property Value 2023
±$40,115
$258
Median Property Taxes
±$150

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Pine Ridge, SD the largest share of households pay taxes in the None range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Pine Ridge, SD compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

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Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$53,060
Median Household Income
± $39,751
545
Number of Households
± 235

In 2024, the median household income of the 545 households in Pine Ridge, SD grew to $53,060 from the previous year's value of $50,954.

The following chart displays the households in Pine Ridge, SD distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Pine Ridge, SD is from South Dakota.
0.443
2023 Wage GINI in South Dakota
0.438
2022 Wage GINI in South Dakota

In 2023, the income inequality in South Dakota was 0.443 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 1.14% growth from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat less even. The GINI for South Dakota was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in South Dakota in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in South Dakota across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

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Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (76%)
  2. Walked (12.4%)
  3. Worked At Home (10.9%)

In 2024, 76% of workers in Pine Ridge, SD drove alone to work, followed by those who walked to work (12.4%) and those who worked at home (10.9%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

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Commute Time

11.2 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Pine Ridge, SD have a shorter commute time (11.2 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0% of the workforce in Pine Ridge, SD have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

3 cars
Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Pine Ridge, SD distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Pine Ridge, SD have 3 cars.

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Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

14.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Pine Ridge, SD (323 out of 2.23k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Females 65 - 74 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Pine Ridge, SD is Native American, followed by White and Black.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

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Health

55.9% of the population of Pine Ridge, SD has health coverage, with 20.8% on employee plans, 24.1% on Medicaid, 5.26% on Medicare, 0% on non-group plans, and 5.84% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in South Dakota see 1,252 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,252 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1561 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 409 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.7% were men and 51.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 40.2% under 18 years, 14.3% between 18 and 34 years, 38.9% between 35 and 64 years, and 6.6% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 48.7% were men and 51.3% were women.

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Uninsured People

44.1%
Uninsured
20.8%
Employer Coverage
24.1%
Medicaid
5.26%
Medicare
0%
Non-Group
5.84%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Pine Ridge, SD grew by 3% from 42.8% to 44.1%.

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