Western South Dakota News

Piedmont ranked 38th among cities in South Dakota by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Piedmont residents was an inflation-adjusted $36,179 per year. Piedmont had 328 households in 2017, with a population of 856.

The city with the highest median resident income in the state was Broadland. Broadland's median income was $107,857 per year after adjusting for inflation – $71,678 more than Piedmont. It had 15 households in 2017 and a population of 25.

Wounded Knee had the lowest annual resident income among cities in South Dakota, with a median income of only $4,361 per year. That was $31,818 less than the median income in Piedmont at the time. Wounded Knee had 91 households in 2017 and a population of 521.

The table below shows the top 100 cities ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	City	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Broadland	107,857
2	Cow Creek	58,409
3	Dakota Dunes	58,365
4	Long Lake	54,688
5	Running Water	51,250
6	Brant Lake	45,000
7	Fairview	43,333
8	Chelsea	43,125
9	Buffalo	43,056
10	Anderson	42,115
11	Vilas	42,083
12	Crooks	41,574
13	Lake Poinsett	41,310
14	Warner	41,250
15	Altamont	41,250
16	Brandon	40,436
17	Colonial Pine Hills	40,199
18	Turton	40,179
19	Summerset	40,026
20	Meadow View Addition	39,688
21	Chester	39,444
22	Harrisburg	39,045
23	Tea	38,783
24	Aurora Center	38,750
25	Bancroft	38,750
26	Baltic	38,056
27	Utica	37,750
28	Dante	37,679
29	Castlewood	37,604
30	Davis	37,188
31	Blucksberg Mountain	37,143
32	Hitchcock	36,875
33	Ward	36,750
34	Wolsey	36,645
35	Bath Corner	36,442
36	Hartford	36,429
37	Mellette	36,250
38	Piedmont	36,179
39	Jefferson	36,016
40	Brentford	35,625
41	La Bolt	35,625
42	Pierpont	35,441
43	Renner Corner	35,441
44	Fort Pierre	35,436
45	St. Lawrence	35,417
46	Pierre	35,365
47	Trent	35,156
48	Dimock	35,139
49	Groton	35,090
50	Garretson	34,853
51	Pine Lakes Addition	34,740
52	Montrose	34,732
53	Northville	34,643
54	Wallace	34,375
55	Onida	34,205
56	Worthing	34,177
57	Lesterville	33,750
58	Naples	33,750
59	Goodwin	33,750
60	Volga	33,733
61	Beresford	33,732
62	Clear Lake	33,646
63	Aurora	33,472
64	Chancellor	33,409
65	Cavour	33,365
66	Belvidere	33,333
67	Kennebec	33,304
68	Artesian	33,214
69	Bath	33,162
70	Pickstown	33,000
71	Dell Rapids	32,896
72	Ramona	32,857
73	Elkton	32,500
74	Presho	32,375
75	Sherman	32,344
76	Tulare	32,344
77	Brandt	32,250
78	Valley Springs	32,022
79	Oldham	31,944
80	Rockham	31,875
81	Oelrichs	31,818
82	Pringle	31,806
83	Hermosa	31,750
84	Colman	31,667
85	Plankinton	31,625
86	Ethan	31,518
87	Tabor	31,364
88	White	31,343
89	Twin Brooks	31,250
90	Wessington	31,250
91	Sioux Falls	31,225
92	Ipswich	31,207
93	Murdo	31,196
94	Columbia	31,094
95	Dolton	31,000
96	Vale	30,978
97	Mount Vernon	30,962
98	Humboldt	30,957
99	Gayville	30,720
100	Gettysburg	30,687

* All values are inflation-adjusted