South Dakota · Census place 4668020
Wagner, South Dakota
Wagner is a city in Charles Mix County, South Dakota with an estimated 1,429 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 42nd largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,429
- #42 of 64 in South Dakota
- Change since 2020
- -3.6%
- -54 people
- Land area
- 1.9 sq mi
- Density
- 768 / sq mi
- State median 1,459
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Wagner population, 2020 to 2024
Wagner lost 54 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.6%. In the latest year it moved by +2.
Wagner covers 1.86 square miles of land, for 768 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Wagner is less dense than the typical town.
What county Wagner is in
All of Wagner's residents live in Charles Mix County, which had 9,343 residents in 2024. Wagner holds 15.3% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Wagner
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Wagner by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57380. 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 Wagner is
The Census internal point of Wagner is at 43.076900, -98.291400. Pierre, the capital, is 135.9 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Springfield, SD (1,912 people), 24.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Sioux Falls, SD, 84.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.076900, -98.291400
- DMS
- 43°04'36.84"N 98°17'29.04"W
- UTM
- 14N 557684.8E 4769598.1N
- Geohash
- 9zdj53fmh
- Plus code
- 86M33PG5+QC
Daylight in Wagner
At 43.08° N, Wagner gets about 15 h 22 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 00 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 23 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Wagner
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Tyndall, 22.4 miles away, with 1,082 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Wagner, SD?
1,429 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 54 (3.6%) from 1,483 in July 2020.
What county is Wagner in?
Charles Mix County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Wagner?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57380.
How far is Wagner from Pierre?
135.9 miles (218.7 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Wagner.
What is the nearest larger city to Wagner?
Springfield, SD, with 1,912 residents, 24.9 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.