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.
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 17.38 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Spearfish are among the most well-educated in the nation: 42.64% 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 2018 was $40,007, 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 $160,028 for a family of four. However, Spearfish contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, Irish, English, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Spearfish is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
