South Dakota · Census place 4662155

Summerset, South Dakota

Summerset is a city in Meade County, South Dakota with an estimated 3,013 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 26th largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
3,013
#26 of 64 in South Dakota
Change since 2020
+1.2%
+36 people
Land area
2.7 sq mi
Density
1,108 / sq mi
State median 1,459
Orange pin: Summerset. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Pierre.

Summerset population, 2020 to 2024

Summerset added 36 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.2%. In the latest year it moved by +23.

2,97720203,01820213,04520222,99020233,0132024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 2,968. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Summerset covers 2.72 square miles of land, for 1,108 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Summerset is less dense than the typical town.

What county Summerset is in

All of Summerset's residents live in Meade County, which had 30,918 residents in 2024. Summerset holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Summerset

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas (ZCTAs) overlap Summerset by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57718, 57769. 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 Summerset is

The Census internal point of Summerset is at 44.193300, -103.342200. Pierre, the capital, is 148.7 miles E in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Rapid City, SD (79,894 people), 10.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fort Collins, CO, 266.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
44.193300, -103.342200
DMS
44°11'35.88"N 103°20'31.92"W
UTM
13N 632480.9E 4894678.8N
Geohash
9xye2mhs8
Plus code
85PR5MV5+84

Daylight in Summerset

At 44.19° N, Summerset gets about 15 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 52 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Summerset

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Piedmont, 2.4 miles away, with 1,002 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Summerset, SD?

3,013 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 36 (1.2%) from 2,977 in July 2020.

What county is Summerset in?

Meade County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Summerset?

2 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas overlap it by at least 10% of either area: 57718, 57769.

How far is Summerset from Pierre?

148.7 miles (239.3 km) in a straight line, heading E from Summerset.

What is the nearest larger city to Summerset?

Rapid City, SD, with 79,894 residents, 10.4 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.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.