City safety & data profile

HuronSD

Huron, SD is a 13K-resident city in Beadle County with a median household income of $61,452.

Beadle County, South Dakota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Huron, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Huron has a population larger than 20% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $159,000, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

13K
Population (place)
Bottom 21%
By size
$61,452
Median income (place)
$159,000
Median home (place)
16.1%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Huron

Huron posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Huron area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Huron

Where Huron income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,452 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Huron $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in SD

Population among 11 SD places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Sioux Falls is the largest SD city on this list; Pierre leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in SD

Median household income among the same 11-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Pierre posts the highest place-level median income in SD; Sioux Falls is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Huron, SD beyond the headline numbers

Huron sits inside Beadle County, South Dakota, at roughly 44.36°N, -98.21°W. Population 13,313, $61,452 median household income. Median home value $159,000, median rent $888. Poverty rate 16.1%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Huron, 2/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Huron, SD stands at 16.1%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

Housing is inexpensive against local pay -- the median home in Huron runs about 2.6 years of median household income, in the cheapest quarter of reporting cities.

Only 5.3% of Huron workers report working from home, the lowest quarter of reporting cities -- an economy still built around showing up somewhere.

Among the CDC measures on this page, coronary heart disease departs furthest from its peer median: 7.9% in Huron, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,757 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0.1% of Huron workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Huron from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
13,313
Huron · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,452
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$159,000
-62% vs avg
Median Age (place)
36.1
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Beadle County): Huron's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
19K+9%
Median Income
$67,681+60%
Median Home Value
$175,100+100%
Poverty Rate
13.6%-33%
Unemployment
1.9%-39%

Economics

Economics indicators for Huron, SD
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$888/mo
Poverty Rate
16.1% +30% vs avg
Unemployment 2.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 27%
Work From Home 5.3%
Public Transit 0.1%

Population

White 63.4%
African American 1.1%
Asian 13.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.6%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
35.7%
High Blood Pressure
34.4%
Physical Inactivity
31.3%
Short Sleep Duration
31.2%
Current Smoking
17.6%
Frequent Mental Distress
15.9%
Binge Drinking
15.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
14.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
14.2%
Diabetes
13.6%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.1%
Annual Checkup 75.1%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
10%
Coronary Heart Disease
7.9%
Stroke
4.2%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
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0
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1
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0
Average Rating
2/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
HURON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER
HURON · Critical Access Hospitals · ER
★★☆☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Huron?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Huron right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet SD-HURON · Huron

Huron: 38 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-HEAVY 38 on record
  • WX-LED 61% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Somerset

Tagged alert mix: Huron

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 38 tagged notices on record for Huron.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Somerset, NJ (36 tagged · Δ2)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Huron; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Dakota state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (38 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Somerset, NJ 36 alerts El Paso, TX 16 alerts Phoenix, AZ 15 alerts California, MD 15 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Huron, SD? ▼
Huron, SD has a population of 13,313 people, located in Beadle County, South Dakota.
What is the median household income in Huron? ▼
The median household income in Huron, SD is $61,452 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.1%.
What is the median home value in Huron? ▼
The median home value in Huron, SD is $159,000. Median rent is $888/month.
What are the top health concerns in Huron? ▼
The top health indicators in Huron include Obesity (35.7%), High Blood Pressure (34.4%), Physical Inactivity (31.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Huron? ▼
Huron has 1 hospital with an average rating of 2/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Huron? ▼
The median age in Huron, SD is 36.1 years. 27% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Huron, both outside South Dakota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SD (16.1% here).

Abilene, TX 16.1% San Jacinto, CA 16.1% Moorhead, MN 16.1% Mount Vernon, WA 16.1%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SD ($61,452 here).

Faribault, MN $61,449 Defiance, OH $61,439 Lake Los Angeles, CA $61,467 Findlay, OH $61,423

Compare Huron with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Mitchell, SD 16K Aberdeen, SD 28K Watertown, SD 22K Brookings, SD 24K Sioux Falls, SD 172K Yankton, SD 15K Vermillion, SD 11K Pierre, SD 14K
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Using Huron's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Huron area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Huron against South Dakota peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Dakota

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Beadle County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.