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Population (year 2000): 251. Estimated
population in July 2005: 255 (+1.6% change)
Males: 112 (44.6%), Females: 139 (55.4%)
Lyon County
Zip code:
51242
Median resident age: 38.8 years
Median household income: $38,750 (year 2000)
Median house value: $76,700 (year 2000)
Races in Lester:
- White Non-Hispanic (99.2%)
- American Indian (0.8%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: German (42.6%), Dutch (33.1%), Swiss
(15.5%), Norwegian (10.8%), Swedish (5.6%), Irish (5.2%).
Elevation: 1388 feet
Land area: 1.8 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Lester
- High school or higher: 76.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 5.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 1.9%
- Unemployed: 0.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Lester city
- Never married: 28.5%
- Now married: 62.8%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 5.8%
- Divorced: 2.9%
0.0% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: -2 (-0.8%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Lester:
- MERRILL PIONEER COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 12 miles;
ROCK RAPIDS, IA)
- LUVERNE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (about 17 miles; LUVERNE,
MN)
- HEGG MEMORIAL CRITICAL ACCESS HOSPITAL (about 17
miles; ROCK VALLEY, IA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Lester:
- JOE FOSS FIELD (about 30 miles; SIOUX FALLS, SD; ID:
FSD)
- BROOKINGS MUNI (about 69 miles; BROOKINGS, SD; ID:
BKX)
- SIOUX GATEWAY/COL. BUD DAY FIELD (about 72 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA; ID: SUX)
Other public-use airports nearest to Lester:
- ROCK RAPIDS MUNI (about 12 miles; ROCK RAPIDS, IA;
ID: RRQ)
- QUENTIN AANENSON FIELD (about 16 miles; LUVERNE, MN;
ID: D19)
- CANTON MUNI (about 19 miles; CANTON, SD; ID: 7G9)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Lester:
- UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA (about 61 miles;
VERMILLION, SD; Full-time enrollment: 6,014)
- SOUTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY (about 72 miles;
BROOKINGS, SD; FT enrollment: 7,353)
- WESTERN IOWA TECH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 74 miles;
SIOUX CITY, IA; FT enrollment: 2,639)
- SOUTHWEST STATE UNIVERSITY (about 80 miles;
MARSHALL, MN; FT enrollment: 3,405)
- BUENA VISTA UNIVERSITY (about 97 miles; STORM LAKE,
IA; FT enrollment: 2,524)
- WAYNE STATE COLLEGE (about 97 miles; WAYNE, NE; FT
enrollment: 3,026)
- NORTHEAST COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 137 miles;
NORFOLK, NE; FT enrollment: 2,732)
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