Aberdeen is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 24,610 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Aberdeen is the third largest community in South Dakota.

Aberdeen is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Aberdeen is a city of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Aberdeen who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.22%), sales jobs (12.34%), and food service (7.15%).

Aberdeen is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Aberdeen enrolled in college, Aberdeen has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.

Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 10.62 minutes getting to work every day.

Aberdeen Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Aberdeen is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 25.55% of adults in Aberdeen have a college degree.

The per capita income in Aberdeen in 2000 was $17,923, which is upper middle income relative to South Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,692 for a family of four.

The people who call Aberdeen home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Aberdeen is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Aberdeen include German, Norwegian, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Aberdeen is English. Some people also speak German.