Custer County Has Strengthened in Residential Property Ownership by 1.0%, According to the 2010 Census

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Parent Category: South Dakota

Category: Custer County, SD

According to data from the 2010 Census, Custer County, South Dakota decreased in total real estate dwellings by 1,004, or 28%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of South Dakota increased in housing units by 40,230, or 11%.

Measured against the United States, Custer County has a very low amount of unoccupied real estate units. 992, or 21.4%, are currently vacant in Custer County, South Dakota. Among these 992 unoccupied housing units, 8.1% are the market to be sold, while 11.2% are trying to be rented.

Owner-occupied units from 2000 to 2010 in Custer County have increased by 1.0%. As reported in the 2010 Census, there were 2,837 (78.0%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 799 (22.0%) residential units were being rented. Custer County has a smaller amount of rentals than the State of South Dakota, which saw 31.9% of the housing units rented.

The 2010 Census reports that Custer County has a low level of owner-occupied units that are owned by minorities. 3.8% of housing units are owned and occupied by minorities in Custer County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of South Dakota 5.8% of homes are owned by minorities.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Custer County. 50.0% the Black Census group reportedly were renters in 2010.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Custer County, South Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 28 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: South Dakota

Category: Custer County, SD

In Custer County, South Dakota, the total number of workers for all sectors has increased by 28 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Given the 29 industry sectors (4-digit NAICS) with employment figures reported by the BLS in each year, 11 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 15 industries reported a drop in employment.

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the depository credit intermediation industry has added the most employment with 37 new jobs created in the period. The job growth in depository credit intermediation makes up 40.7% percent of the total growth in Custer County, South Dakota between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. Depository credit intermediation (+37)
2. Computer systems design and related services (+10)
3. Offices of other health practitioners (+8)
4. Museums, historical sites, zoos, and parks (+7)
5. Private households (+7)

Of the area's industries (4-digit NAICS), the office supplies, stationery, and gift stores industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 101 jobs in that time period. The declines in office supplies, stationery, and gift stores make up 31.7% percent of the total employment decline in Custer County, South Dakota between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores (-101)
2. Residential building construction (-71)
3. Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying (-41)
4. Limitedservice eating places (-27)
5. Fullservice restaurants (-15)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).