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Chamberlain, SD

2,588 Population
4.5 square miles 577.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Brule County: 41.5 ±1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$38,971 ±$6,647 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Brule County: $36,532 † ±$3,682
  • a little less than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$76,761 ±$8,428 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Brule County: $73,720 ±$7,160
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

12.1% ±6.9% (295  ±169) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Brule County: 10.7% † 546 (±3.8% / ±194)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

13.9 minutes ±2.4 (14,530  ±3,426) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Brule County: 15.5 † 34,255 (±1.8 / ±4,649)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about half the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

925 ±126 Number of households
  • Brule County: 1,955 ±100
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.4 (2,304  ±218) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Brule County: 2.5 4,936 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.6% ±5.3% (42  ±31) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Brule County: 4.2% † 45 (±2.9% / ±31)
  • 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

1,098 ±92 Number of housing units
  • Brule County: 2,367 ±24
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$224,300 ±$23,773 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Brule County: $216,800 ±$15,646
  • 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

12.1% ±5% (306  ±129.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Brule County: 8.8% † 460 (±2.7% / ±138.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.5% ±7.6% (1,519  ±200.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Brule County: 90.8% 3,233 (±6.6% / ±242)
  • a little less than the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
33.3% ±6.1% (572  ±119.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brule County: 28.7% † 1,022 (±3.8% / ±134.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • about 90 percent of 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

1.6% ±1.2% (41  ±30) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Brule County: 1.4% 72
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988
  • about 10 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±2% (84  ±41) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Brule County: 4.3% † 171 (±1.1% / ±45)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
84 Total veterans ±41 74 Male ±39 10 Female ±10

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