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Belle Fourche, SD

5,804 Population
9 square miles 644.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.3 ±3.8 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in Butte County: 40.2 ±1.2
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,513 ±$6,677 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Butte County: $38,718 † ±$4,471
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,071 ±$22,044 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butte County: $75,652 † ±$11,248
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.6% ±4.4% (603  ±251) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Butte County: 8.6% † 913 (±2.9% / ±310)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25.8 minutes ±5.4 (72,760  ±16,731) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Butte County: 24.5 † 125,530 (±3.2 / ±18,090)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,455 ±162 Number of households
  • Butte County: 4,306 ±202
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (5,671  ±20) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Butte County: 2.4 10,517 (±0.1 / ±7)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.8% ±5.2% (105  ±71) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Butte County: 5.9% † 128 (±3.2% / ±70)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,625 ±140 Number of housing units
  • Butte County: 4,783 ±23
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$222,500 ±$31,779 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Butte County: $244,600 † ±$28,863
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.2% ±4.7% (641  ±266.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Butte County: 8.8% † 928 (±2.8% / ±298)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

84.7% ±9% (3,282  ±381.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Butte County: 89.4% 6,481 (±6.6% / ±482.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
17.1% ±4.3% (664  ±167.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Butte County: 19.9% † 1,440 (±3.2% / ±230.3)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about half the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

0.1% ±0.2% (7  ±13) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Butte County: 1.3% 141
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

8.4% ±2.4% (370  ±107) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Butte County: 7% † 560 (±1.3% / ±108)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
370 Total veterans ±107 337 Male ±99 33 Female ±33

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