Watertown is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 20,309 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Watertown is the fourth largest community in South Dakota.

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Watertown is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Watertown is a city of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Watertown who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.33%), sales jobs (12.86%), and teaching (5.89%).

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 13.09 minutes getting to work every day.

Watertown has a lot of people who ride the bus to and from work. In fact, for its size, Watertown has quite a high level of public transit users. Watertown's need for inexpensive transportation options for its citizens is quite high.

Watertown Information and Demographics

The percentage of people in Watertown who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 14.96%: 20.14% of adults in Watertown have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Watertown in 2000 was $18,994, 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 $75,976 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Watertown is English.