Population: 265. Estimated population in July 2020: 247 (-6.8% change)
Males: 138 (52.1%), Females: 127 (47.9%)
Jerauld County
Zip code: 57312
Median resident age: 41.4 years
Median household income: $35,455
Median house value: $29,500
Races in Alpena:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.2%)
Ancestries: German (30.6%), Norwegian (12.8%), United States (11.7%), English (10.9%), Irish (6.8%), Dutch (6.0%).
Elevation: 1310 feet
Land area: 1.6 square miles
Population
For population 25 years and over in Alpena
- High school or higher: 75.7%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 1.9%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.0%
- Unemployed: 0.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Alpena town
- Never married: 17.5%
- Now married: 72.9%
- Separated: 1.7%
- Widowed: 3.8%
- Divorced: 4.2%
1.5% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +15 (+6.0%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Alpena:
- HURON REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles; HURON, SD)
- AVERA WESKOTA MEMORIAL MED CTR – CAH (about 21 miles; WESSINGTON SPRINGS, SD)
- AVERA QUEEN OF PEACE (about 40 miles; MITCHELL, SD)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Alpena:
- HURON REGIONAL (about 18 miles; HURON, SD; Abbreviation: HON)
- ABERDEEN REGIONAL (about 87 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; Abbreviation: ABR)
- WATERTOWN MUNI (about 98 miles; WATERTOWN, SD; Abbreviation: ATY)
Other public-use airports nearest to Alpena:
- MITCHELL MUNI (about 37 miles; MITCHELL, SD; Abbreviation: MHE)
- MILLER MUNI (about 47 miles; MILLER, SD; Abbreviation: MKA)
- REDFIELD MUNI (about 48 miles; REDFIELD, SD; Abbreviation: 1D8)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Alpena:
- NORTHERN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; ABERDEEN, SD; Full-time enrollment: 2,356)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 110 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; Full-time enrollment: 7,353)
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 137 miles; VERMILLION, SD; Full-time enrollment: 6,014)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 164 miles; WAYNE, NE; Full-time enrollment: 3,026)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 165 miles; NORFOLK, NE; Full-time enrollment: 2,732)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 181 miles; MARSHALL, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,405)
- NORTH DAKOTA STATE COLLEGE OF SCIENCE (about 189 miles; WAHPETON, ND; Full-time enrollment: 2,176)