Housing data for Ashton, SD

Name: Housing in Ashton, SD, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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Ashton, SD has an estimated 204 residents and 69 homes (US Census Bureau, 2020–2024 American Community Survey).

It is a city in Spink County.

13.8% of households rent.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Residents: 204 (±89)
Housing units: 69 (±25)
Households that rent: 13.8%
Residents since 2015–2019: +77.4%

What stands out in Ashton

Working from home: 39.1% (±24.2 points) in Ashton, higher than in Spink County (14.7%).

Median home value: $60,800 (±$32,396) in Ashton, lower than in Spink County ($123,300).

Average commute: 10.4 minutes (±2.4) in Ashton, lower than in Spink County (17.1 minutes).

Median real estate taxes: $1,194 (±$124) in Ashton, lower than in Spink County ($1,584).

Housing in Ashton at a glance

Rent burden: 0.0% of renters pay 30% or more of income (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Renters and owners: 13.8% of households rent (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Income and affordability: $54,712 median household income (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Home values: $60,800 median home value (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Homeowner costs: $736 median monthly cost with a mortgage (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Property taxes: $1,194 median real estate taxes a year (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Types of homes: 0.0% of homes are in buildings of 5 or more units (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Bedrooms: 68.1% of homes have 3 or more bedrooms (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Age of homes: 91.3% of homes were built before 1980 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Vacancy rate: 0.0% rental vacancy rate (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Heating fuel: 50.8% heat with propane (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Commute and cars: 10.4 minutes average trip to work (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Growth: +77.4% residents since 2015–2019 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
How long people stay: 10.8% moved in since 2020 (Small sample: wide margin of error)
Crowding and facilities: 0.0% of homes have more than 1 person per room (Small sample: wide margin of error)

Ashton against Spink County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Ashton	Spink County	South Dakota	United States
Residents	204 (±89)	6,219 (exact)	907,428 (exact)	334,922,499
Housing units	69 (±25)	3,010 (±29)	408,584 (±422)	143,775,355
Households that rent	13.8% (±17.1 points)	27.3% (±4.3 points)	31.4% (±0.5 points)	34.8%
Median gross rent	—	$734 (±$46)	$946 (±$11)	$1,413
Median household income	$54,712 (±$26,205)	$70,139 (±$9,006)	$75,081 (±$888)	$80,734
Median home value	$60,800 (±$32,396)	$123,300 (±$17,907)	$257,400 (±$3,051)	$332,700
Median real estate taxes (a year)	$1,194 (±$124)	$1,584 (±$117)	$2,724 (±$28)	$3,119
Built before 1980	91.3% (±42.2 points)	70.6% (±5.9 points)	49.8% (±0.7 points)	49.7%
Average commute	10.4 minutes (±2.4)	17.1 minutes (±2.3)	17.8 minutes (±0.2)	26.4 minutes
Households with broadband	86.2% (±14.4 points)	88.3% (±2.6 points)	89.6% (±0.3 points)	91.0%
Median age of residents	31.5 years (±19.1)	45.5 years (±0.6)	38.0 years (±0.2)	38.9 years

Ashton covers 0.4 square miles of land, about 466 residents per square mile (Census Bureau Gazetteer).

How Ashton has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Residents	115 (±47)	204 (±89)	+77.4%	Not a measurable change
Housing units	48 (±22)	69 (±25)	+43.8%	Not a measurable change
Median household income	$53,750 (±$28,051)	$54,712 (±$26,205)	+1.8%	No measurable change after inflation
Median real estate taxes	$917 (±$370)	$1,194 (±$124)	+30.2%	No measurable change after inflation
Households that rent	0.0% (±38.5 points)	13.8% (±17.1 points)	+13.8 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Crime reported to police in Spink County

Ashton has no police department of its own in the FBI’s figures, so this is the figure for Spink County as a whole.

In 2024, the police departments that report for Spink County recorded 148 violent and 181 property crimes per 100,000 residents.

A county-wide figure describes the whole county, not this place; crime varies from one community to the next.

Places near Ashton

Nearest places with Census figures, by straight-line distance
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Median home value	Households that rent
Jefferson Township (Spink County)	3.2 mi	—	—	6.1%
Three Rivers Township	4.0 mi	—	$418,800	11.4%
Great Bend Township	6.4 mi	—	—	0.0%
Athol Township	7.1 mi	—	—	0.0%
Groveland Township	8.1 mi	—	—	33.3%
Redfield	8.3 mi	$725	$120,200	43.5%
Clifton Township (Spink County)	9.5 mi	—	$47,800	10.7%
Redfield Township	9.6 mi	—	$203,600	13.4%

HUD Fair Market Rent for Ashton, fiscal year 2027

Spink County, SD, dollars a month
Studio	1 bedroom	2 bedrooms	3 bedrooms	4 bedrooms
$706	$835	$1,014	$1,208	$1,695

HUD income limits for Ashton, fiscal year 2026

Spink County, SD, annual household income
Household size	Extremely low (30%)	Very low (50%)	Low (80%)
1 person	$21,100	$35,150	$56,200
2 people	$24,100	$40,150	$64,200
3 people	$27,320	$45,150	$72,250
4 people	$33,000	$50,150	$80,250
5 people	$38,680	$54,200	$86,700
6 people	$44,360	$58,200	$93,100
7 people	$50,040	$62,200	$99,550
8 people	$55,720	$66,200	$105,950

These are the limits HUD sets for its housing programs in the Spink County, SD, where HUD’s median family income for fiscal year 2026 is $100,300.

A program can use its own limits; tax-credit and local programs often do.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Ashton

Is Ashton growing?

In Ashton, the number of residents went from 115 in 2015–2019 to 204 in 2020–2024 (+77.4%), not a measurable change.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Ashton city, South Dakota (place:02540, in state:46).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B01003_001E, B01003_001M, B25064_001E, B25064_001M from the 2019 release.

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DP05_0001E, DP05_0001M, DP04_0001E, DP04_0001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP03_0062E, DP03_0062M, DP04_0089E, DP04_0089M

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.