With 62 people, Stratford is a city in South Dakota. Owners hold 100% of the housing stock. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 19% of adults. The typical home is worth $69,300, having roughly tripled since 2000. 0% of people here were born outside the United States. Poverty is uncommon here, at 0.0% of people here.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $58,125, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.6
US median: 38.9
Less educated
19% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 69%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Stratford
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants64.3% → 100.0%(+35.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Poverty rate22.4% → 0.0%(−22.4 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Population85 → 62(−27%)US over the same years: +35%
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)0%(0)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)71.4%(5)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era57.1%(4)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 7 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Stratford, decade by decade
Stratford population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
85
$54,753
$35,999
8.3%
0.0
2000
96
$40,987
$40,987
23.1%
5.1
2010
72
$44,955
$91,062
25.8%
10.1
2020
57
$72,722
$60,602
25.8%
51.2
2024
62
$58,125
$69,300
18.5%
0.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
