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Belle Fourche, SD

5,741 Population
8.9 square miles 648.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±3.5 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Butte County: 39.3 ±1.5
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$36,431 ±$5,608 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Butte County: $36,097 ±$3,171
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$59,920 ±$11,993 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butte County: $67,692 † ±$10,702
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

7.1% ±3.1% (398  ±174) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in Butte County: 7.2% † 749 (±2.1% / ±219)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

22.9 minutes ±6 (60,275  ±17,045) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Butte County: 21.7 † 104,925 (±3.5 / ±18,319)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

2,407 ±147 Number of households
  • Butte County: 4,230 ±197
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.3 ±0.1 (5,613  ±21) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Butte County: 2.5 10,385 (±0.1 / ±9)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

5.6% ±4.4% (72  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Butte County: 4.5% † 97 (±2.9% / ±63)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

2,540 ±117 Number of housing units
  • Butte County: 4,737 ±29
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$188,800 ±$18,932 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butte County: $207,700 † ±$27,677
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

9.4% ±4% (528  ±225.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Butte County: 7.3% † 758 (±2.4% / ±250.1)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

84% ±9.2% (3,227  ±383.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Butte County: 88.3% 6,381 (±6.7% / ±498.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
15.2% ±4.1% (586  ±159.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Butte County: 19.4% † 1,402 (±3.6% / ±258)
  • about half 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

0.1% ±0.1% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Butte County: 1.1% 111
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

8.4% ±2.8% (363  ±122) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Butte County: 7.8% † 619 (±1.7% / ±138)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
363 Total veterans ±122 311 Male ±105 52 Female ±47

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