Vermillion, South Dakota

Vermillion population, 2020 to 2024

Vermillion added 152 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +1.3%. In the latest year it moved by -110. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 12th; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Vermillion is 86% of it.

Vermillion covers 4.79 square miles of land, for 2,480 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Vermillion is denser than the typical town.

What county Vermillion is in

All of Vermillion's residents live in Clay County, which had 15,245 residents in 2024. Vermillion holds 77.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Vermillion

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Vermillion by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57069. 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 Vermillion is

The Census internal point of Vermillion is at 42.781700, -96.925600. Pierre, the capital, is 203.2 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Yankton, SD (15,670 people), 24.8 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 53.3 miles away.

Daylight in Vermillion

At 42.78° N, Vermillion gets about 15 h 20 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 02 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 18 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Vermillion

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Elk Point, 14.2 miles away, with 2,074 people.