Webster, South Dakota

Webster population, 2020 to 2024

Webster lost 55 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by -19.

Webster covers 1.62 square miles of land, for 1,028 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Webster is less dense than the typical town.

What county Webster is in

All of Webster's residents live in Day County, which had 5,408 residents in 2024. Webster holds 30.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Webster

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Webster by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57274. 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 Webster is

The Census internal point of Webster is at 45.336600, -97.521800. Pierre, the capital, is 153.7 miles WSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sisseton, SD (2,432 people), 32.2 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Fargo, ND, 110.7 miles away.

Daylight in Webster

At 45.34° N, Webster gets about 15 h 40 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 56 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Webster

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Groton, 29.2 miles away, with 1,343 people.