Life Skills and Money Education in Roberts County, South Dakota

About 10,283 people live in Roberts County, South Dakota. The population has barely moved since 2020 — a change of under one percent over four years. The median age is 37.9.

Among adults 25 and older in Roberts County, 18.3% hold a bachelor's degree or higher. That sits 2 points below the South Dakota average of 20.3%. Flip that figure and it describes 81.7% of the 6,605 adults 25 and over counted in the 2019–2023 ACS, about 5,396 people whose money skills came from somewhere other than a university.

Median household income is $63,691. About 17.3% of residents live below the poverty line. The median home is valued at $139,100, roughly 2.2× median household income.

Roberts County by the numbers

Measure	Value
Population (2024)	10,283
Change since 2020	+0.2%
Median household income	$63,691
Adults 25+ with a bachelor’s degree	18.3%
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma	91.7%
Median age	37.9
Poverty rate	17.3%
Unemployment rate	6.2%
Median home value	$139,100
Land area	1,101.055 sq mi
Population density	9 / sq mi

What South Dakota teaches — and to whom

South Dakota lets students satisfy the requirement with either Personal Finance or Economics. Which means for most residents of Roberts County, whatever they know about money they picked up somewhere other than a classroom.

LearnLife organises this the way the decisions actually arrive: Money — budgeting, credit, debt and taxes — the mechanics nobody is formally taught; Legal literacy — leases, contracts, employment rights and what a signature actually commits you to; Emotional regulation — the self-management that decides whether the other skills ever get used.

Where to start in Roberts County

Treat income stability as a skill

Unemployment in Roberts County sits at 6.2%. Where work is less certain, the practical skills are the defensive ones: what unemployment insurance actually pays and how fast, how to read a severance agreement, and which bills to triage first when income stops.

Questions people ask about Roberts County

Do high school students in Roberts County, South Dakota have to take a personal finance class?

No. South Dakota sets no statewide requirement that students complete personal finance before graduating.

How many adults in Roberts County, South Dakota have a college degree?

18.3% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor's degree or higher, based on the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey. The remaining 81.7% are managing their finances without one.

What is the median household income in Roberts County, South Dakota?

$63,691, per the Census Bureau's 2019–2023 American Community Survey.

Where can adults in Roberts County, South Dakota learn personal finance?

Graduation requirements only ever reach people still in school. For adults, LearnLife covers the same ground on demand — money, legal literacy and the self-management that decides whether either gets used.

Start with whichever one is costing you money right now.

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Population and demographic figures: U.S. Census Bureau — 2024 Gazetteer, Vintage 2024 Population Estimates, and the American Community Survey 2019–2023 5-year estimates. Graduation-requirement status: NGPF Live U.S. Dashboard, read 2026-09-14. Figures marked as unavailable are suppressed by the Census Bureau for small populations.