Because there are quite a few people attending college in Spearfish, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Spearfish provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
Spearfish, while not large, also appears to be attractive to some younger, educated professionals, who help shape the character of the city.
One of the benefits of Spearfish is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 15.81 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
The citizens of Spearfish are among the most well-educated in the nation: 43.60% of adults in Spearfish have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Spearfish in 2022 was $43,516, which is wealthy relative to South Dakota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $174,064 for a family of four. However, Spearfish contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Spearfish is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Spearfish home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Spearfish residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Spearfish include German, Norwegian, English, Irish, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Spearfish is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
