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Bison town, Perkins County, SD

419 Population
1 square miles 421.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.8 ±9.2 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Perkins County: 43.6 ±3
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$35,859 ±$5,806 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Perkins County: $41,539 † ±$7,978
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$62,273 ±$24,761 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in Perkins County: $65,455 † ±$8,206
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

4.8% ±3.2% (20  ±14) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Perkins County: 11.8% † 354 (±3.4% / ±103)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

10.7 minutes ±3.6 (1,955  ±914) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Perkins County: 15.9 † 17,920 (±2.3 / ±3,812)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

202 ±44 Number of households
  • Perkins County: 1,254 ±87
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.1 ±0.6 (419  ±78) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Perkins County: 2.4 2,969 (±0.2 / ±116)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

11.3% ±6.2% (9  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Perkins County: 4.2% † 24 (±2.2% / ±13)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

247 ±48 Number of housing units
  • Perkins County: 1,729 ±70
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$72,300 ±$27,505 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Perkins County: $105,900 † ±$13,466
  • about one-third of the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

3.4% ±3.8% (14  ±15.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perkins County: 5.4% † 162 (±3.2% / ±96.2)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

94.6% ±7% (298  ±61.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Perkins County: 92.8% 1,987 (±6.1% / ±153.7)
  • about the same as the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
20% ±9% (63  ±31) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Perkins County: 21.8% † 466 (±3.3% / ±73.5)
  • 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

N/A Foreign-born population

6.7% ±4.4% (22  ±15) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Perkins County: 10.2% † 241 (±2.3% / ±55)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
22 Total veterans ±15 22 Male ±15 N/A Female ±10

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