Parkston, South Dakota

Parkston population, 2020 to 2024

Parkston lost 15 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.0%. In the latest year it moved by -5.

Parkston covers 1.31 square miles of land, for 1,177 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Parkston is less dense than the typical town.

What county Parkston is in

All of Parkston's residents live in Hutchinson County, which had 7,416 residents in 2024. Parkston holds 20.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Parkston

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Parkston by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57366. 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 Parkston is

The Census internal point of Parkston is at 43.392900, -97.986400. Pierre, the capital, is 135.4 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Mitchell, SD (15,621 people), 23.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 63.8 miles away.

Daylight in Parkston

At 43.39° N, Parkston gets about 15 h 25 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 58 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 27 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Parkston

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Mitchell, 23.3 miles away, with 15,621 people.