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About Houston, SD
Houston, SD is located in Lyman County in the state of South Dakota.
The total City Population for Houston is about 419 with about 1 people per square mile.
The Average Home Value is $103,100, which is roughly 15% lower than the Average Home Value of $121,873 for the state of South Dakota, and roughly 53% lower than the National Average of $217,072.
The Median Income Per Household is about $60,357, which is roughly 3% higher than the Average Median Income Per Household of $58,506 for the state of South Dakota, and roughly 7% lower higher than the National Average of $65,026.
Quick Stats
Demographic Details
Average # of People Per Household: 2.35Male Population Estimate: 53.9%
Female Population Estimate: 46.1%
Median Age: 44.6
Male Median Age: 39.8
Female Median Age: 46.6
Racial Demographic Estimates
Indian:16.47%
Asian:0.48%
Black:0.24%
Hispanic:0.24%
Other:0.24%
Hawaiian:0%
Voting
Voting Results by Party
Democratic: 32.87%
Libertarian: 1.88%
Crime Details
NOTE: Crime is available at the County level so this doesn't necessarily represent the city of Houston specifically.
Average # of Homicides for Lyman County: About 0 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 0)
Average # of Violent Crimes for Lyman County: About 0 per 100,000 People
(last recorded in 0)
Lyman County is about 100% lower than the national average of about 4 homicides per 100,000 people, and about 100% lower than the national average of about 288 violent crimes per 100,000 people.
Employment
The Unemployment Rate for Houston is about 2.9%.
South Dakota is ranked #28 out of 52 for Best and Worst States to Work in America, with an overall score of 43.27 out of 100.
Wage Policies
Overall Wage Policy Score: 60.25The average living wage for the state of South Dakota is $29.19/hr, while the states minimum wage is $9.45/hr, which can be set above the state standard, and is extended to farm workers. This gives South Dakota a minimum wage score of 54.67 compared to all other states.
The minimum wage for tipped employees is $4.73/hr, which gives South Dakota a minimum wage for tipped employees score of 35.55 compared to all other states.
The weekly unemployment (UI) benefit for South Dakota is $189.00, resulting in a UI benefit score of 41.23 compared to all other states.
Worker Protection Policies
Overall Worker Protection Score: 71.43X South Dakota does offer protections for workplace breastfeeding.
✓ South Dakota does mandate equal pay across gender and race.
X South Dakota does prohibit pay secrecy practices in the workplace.
X South Dakota does restrict access to salary history to reduce gender and racial bias.
X South Dakota does provide some form of paid family leave.
X South Dakota does provide some form of paid sick leave.
X South Dakota does not provide flexible scheduling of worker shifts.
X South Dakota does not mandate pay reporting or "call-in" pay by employers.
X South Dakota does not provide split shift pay regulation.
X South Dakota does not provide workers advanced notice of shift scheduling.
✓ South Dakota does provide some form of sexual harassment protection in state law.
✓ South Dakota does extend workers compensation mandates to farmworkers.
X South Dakota does not extend worker protections to domestic workers.
Right To Organize Policies
Overall Right To Organize Score: 70X South Dakota does legalize project labor agreements to ensure a fair wage to workers on contract.
X South Dakota does not protect workers against wage theft retaliation.
✓ South Dakota does partially require collective bargaining for public workers.
✓ South Dakota does provide collective bargaining for teachers.
✓ South Dakota does provide wage negotiations for teachers.
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Nearby Location
- Iron Mountain, SD ( 0.00 mi. )
- Kennebec, SD ( 3.31 mi. )
- Lyman, SD ( 4.46 mi. )
- Reliance, SD ( 11.21 mi. )
- Presho, SD ( 11.96 mi. )
- Edna, SD ( 12.96 mi. )
- Hilmoe, SD ( 12.96 mi. )
- Sweeney, SD ( 12.96 mi. )
- Grass Rope, SD ( 13.44 mi. )
- Lower Brule, SD ( 18.89 mi. )
- Hamill, SD ( 19.78 mi. )
- Ideal, SD ( 22.83 mi. )
- Oacoma, SD ( 22.97 mi. )
- Vivian, SD ( 24.06 mi. )
- Fort Thompson, SD ( 24.55 mi. )
- St Joseph Indian School, SD ( 24.94 mi. )
- Chamberlain, SD ( 25.32 mi. )
- Mcclure, SD ( 25.69 mi. )
- Crow Creek, SD ( 27.78 mi. )
- Iona, SD ( 29.82 mi. )
- Witten, SD ( 31.89 mi. )
- Stephan, SD ( 32.25 mi. )
- Shelby, SD ( 32.30 mi. )
- Pukwana, SD ( 32.48 mi. )
- Winner, SD ( 33.56 mi. )
- Rousseau, SD ( 33.58 mi. )
- Bad Nation, SD ( 34.89 mi. )
- Ola, SD ( 35.62 mi. )
- Draper, SD ( 35.66 mi. )
- Mosher, SD ( 36.06 mi. )
- Dixon, SD ( 37.53 mi. )
- Carter, SD ( 37.88 mi. )
- Canning, SD ( 38.21 mi. )
- Bailey, SD ( 38.33 mi. )
- Joe Creek, SD ( 39.35 mi. )
- Bijou Hills, SD ( 41.15 mi. )
- Wood, SD ( 41.31 mi. )
- Eagle, SD ( 41.83 mi. )
- Colome, SD ( 42.01 mi. )
- Weaver, SD ( 42.50 mi. )
- Lyonville, SD ( 42.58 mi. )
- Westover, SD ( 42.63 mi. )
- Pierre, SD ( 43.00 mi. )
- Degray, SD ( 43.17 mi. )
- Gann Valley, SD ( 43.24 mi. )
- Kimball, SD ( 44.04 mi. )
- Kary, SD ( 44.12 mi. )
- Murdo, SD ( 44.25 mi. )
- Fort Pierre, SD ( 44.47 mi. )
Additional Location Details
Zip Code(s): 57544Latitude: 43.863239
Longitude: -99.825803
TimeZone: Central (GMT -06:00)
Daylight Saving: Yes
Region: Midwest
Average Elevation: 1835.0 ft.
Area Code(s): 605