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Buffalo Gap town, Custer County, SD

140 Population
0.3 square miles 458.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

64 ±15.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Custer County: 57.2 ±0.6
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$33,024 ±$8,379 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Custer County: $50,278 † ±$5,162
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$55,268 ±$32,638 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Custer County: $81,958 ±$4,212
  • about three-quarters of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

6.4% ±6.2% (9  ±10) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Custer County: 6.6% † 564 (±2.6% / ±218)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

36 minutes ±43.7 (1,945  ±1,455) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Custer County: 29.1 † 100,800 (±4 / ±16,072)
  • about double the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

87 ±50 Number of households
  • Custer County: 4,033 ±249
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
1.6 ±1.3 (140  ±78) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Custer County: 2.1 8,456 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

18.2% ±36.2% (4  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Custer County: 2.7% † 36 (±3.2% / ±42)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

104 ±52 Number of housing units
  • Custer County: 5,126 ±48
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$67,500 ±$67,023 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about one-fifth of the amount in Custer County: $327,200 † ±$46,881
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

7.3% ±11.1% (10  ±16.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Custer County: 8.2% † 707 (±2.5% / ±220.2)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

97.5% ±75.1% (117  ±60) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Custer County: 95% 6,795 (±7.1% / ±522.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
20% ±20.1% (24  ±27.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Custer County: 32.1% † 2,299 (±4.3% / ±312.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 31.1% 185,411 (±0.5% / ±2,814.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.4% ±4.9% (2  ±7) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Custer County: 2.1% 180
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

42.5% ±36.8% (51  ±53) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Custer County: 15% † 1,123 (±3% / ±225)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
51 Total veterans ±53 38 Male ±40 13 Female ±21

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