Employment & Workforce
The largest employment industries are healthcare & social assistance, manufacturing, and retail trade. Supervisor is the most common job description in Whitewood, according to the census bureau.
Whitewood has a relatively high unemployment rate of 6.3 percent, much larger than the South Dakota average of 4.7 percent, but less than the national average of 7.9 percent.
Income & Wages
The median household income of Whitewood was $41,786, below both median household incomes of Lawrence County at $51,553 and South Dakota at $55,775.
The median income of people 65+ in Lawrence County was at $32,207 but still below the state median of $37,896 and the national median of $40,971.
More Information
For more data on the economies of South Dakota and the Black Hills, please check out our interactive graphs and charts on the South Dakota Dashboard.