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Fort Thompson, SD

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Overview


Fort Thompson is a very small town located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 1,224 people and just one neighborhood, Fort Thompson is the 86th largest community in South Dakota.

Occupations and Workforce

Fort Thompson is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Fort Thompson is a town of service providers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Fort Thompson who work in personal care services (13.06%), food service (9.50%), and sales jobs (9.20%).

Setting & Lifestyle

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Fort Thompson has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Fort Thompson has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Fort Thompson than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Fort Thompson may be for you.

One of the benefits of Fort Thompson is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.84 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

As is often the case in a small town, Fort Thompson doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Demographics

Fort Thompson ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 5.28% of people over 25 have a college degree.

The per capita income in Fort Thompson in 2022 was $11,477, which is low income relative to South Dakota and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $45,908 for a family of four. However, Fort Thompson contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Fort Thompson also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 47.33% of its population below the federal poverty line.

The people who call Fort Thompson home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Fort Thompson residents report their race to be Native American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Fort Thompson include Norwegian, French, Dutch, Scandinavian, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Fort Thompson is English. Other important languages spoken here include Native American languages and Pacific Island languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Fort Thompson, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Real Estate

Unpopulated, and rural, the neighborhood is one of the least crowded neighborhoods in all of America. If you like open space, no traffic, and lots of room, this neighborhood may be just what you are looking for. According to NeighborhoodScout's leading research, this neighborhood is less densely populated than 98.4% of the neighborhoods in America.

People

The neighborhood is unique for having just 6.8% of adults here having earned a bachelor's degree. This is a lower rate of college graduates than NeighborhoodScout found in 95.4% of America's neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Native American ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 72.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Native American ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 11.3% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Native American languages at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.8% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Fort Thompson are low income, making it among the lowest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 87.7% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 35.9% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 86.3% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 34.0% of the working population is employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 33.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (23.6%), and 10.5% in government jobs, whether they are in local, state, or federal positions.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Some people also speak Native American languages (11.3%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Fort Thompson, SD, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Native American (72.4%). There are also a number of people of Mexican ancestry (6.8%), and residents who report German roots (5.9%), and some of the residents are also of Norwegian ancestry (2.0%), along with some Spanish ancestry residents (1.5%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (56.6% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (74.3%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (10.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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