South Dakota · Census place 4623820
Garretson, South Dakota
Garretson is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota with an estimated 1,169 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 56th largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,169
- #56 of 64 in South Dakota
- Change since 2020
- -4.6%
- -57 people
- Land area
- 1.5 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 801 / sq mi
- State median 1,459
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Garretson population, 2020 to 2024
Garretson lost 57 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -4.6%. In the latest year it moved by -10.
Garretson covers 1.46 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 801 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Garretson is less dense than the typical town.
What county Garretson is in
All of Garretson's residents live in Minnehaha County, which had 208,639 residents in 2024. Garretson holds 0.6% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Garretson
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Garretson by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57030. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Garretson is
The Census internal point of Garretson is at 43.714800, -96.503300. Pierre, the capital, is 196.1 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Brandon, SD (10,837 people), 9.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 16.6 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.714800, -96.503300
- DMS
- 43°42'53.28"N 96°30'11.88"W
- UTM
- 14N 701130.0E 4843226.5N
- Geohash
- 9zg2sn03n
- Plus code
- 86M5PF7W+WM
Daylight in Garretson
At 43.71° N, Garretson gets about 15 h 27 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 55 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 32 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Garretson
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Brandon, 9.3 miles away, with 10,837 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Garretson, SD?
1,169 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 57 (4.6%) from 1,226 in July 2020.
What county is Garretson in?
Minnehaha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Garretson?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57030.
How far is Garretson from Pierre?
196.1 miles (315.6 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Garretson.
What is the nearest larger city to Garretson?
Brandon, SD, with 10,837 residents, 9.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.