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Pierre, SD

14,008 Population
13 square miles 1,075.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.9 ±1.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 39.8 ±0.6
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$38,931 ±$2,678 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: $40,220 ±$2,216
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$74,053 ±$7,531 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: $78,965 ±$5,982
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

10.3% ±3% (1,343  ±395) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 8.1% † 1,605 (±2.1% / ±420)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

12.3 minutes ±1.8 (81,985  ±13,015) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 13.9 † 140,885 (±1.4 / ±15,342)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

6,031 ±187 Number of households
  • the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 8,588 ±227
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.2 ±0.1 (12,973  ±78) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 2.3 19,709 (±0.1 / ±36)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

4.1% ±2.8% (136  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 4.3% † 196 (±2% / ±93)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

6,533 ±136 Number of housing units
  • the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 9,498 ±88
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$219,500 ±$8,392 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: $217,500 ±$8,748
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

16% ±3.6% (2,222  ±499) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 14.1% † 2,902 (±2.6% / ±531.2)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

96.5% ±7.2% (9,550  ±734.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 96% 13,896 (±5.5% / ±795.6)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
34.8% ±4.2% (3,440  ±424.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 34.4% 4,972 (±3.2% / ±467.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

1.3% ±0.6% (188  ±89) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 1% 216
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

8.9% ±1.7% (968  ±186) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Pierre, SD Micro Area: 8.6% † 1,347 (±1.5% / ±238)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
968 Total veterans ±186 946 Male ±180 22 Female ±27

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