About Groton

Groton is a very small city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 1,469 people and just one neighborhood, Groton is the 46th largest community in South Dakota.

Groton is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Groton is a city of sales and office workers, managers and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Groton who work in management occupations (14.69%), sales jobs (12.27%) and office and administrative support (11.61%).

In addition, Groton is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Groton is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Groton really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Groton perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Groton spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 19.25 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the city are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small city, Groton doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Groton Information and Demographics

The population of Groton overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Groton, 24.87% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Groton in 2010 was $23,234, 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 $92,936 for a family of four. However, Groton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Groton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Groton residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Groton include German, Norwegian, Irish, English and Swedish.

The most common language spoken in Groton is English.

Groton, SD Appreciation Rates Help

PERIOD	TOTAL APPRECIATION	AVG. ANNUAL RATE	COMPARED TO SD*	COMPARED TO AMERICA*
SINCE 1990	88.45%	2.79%	3	4
LAST 10 YEARS
LAST 5 YEARS
LAST 2 YEARS
LAST 12 MONTHS
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				* 10 is highest

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