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Census Tract 9587, Brookings, SD

5,441 Population
399.1 square miles 13.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lake Poinsett: 62.6 ±3.8
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Brookings County: 28 ±0.4
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2

Economics

$42,732 ±$3,285 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Lake Poinsett: $52,542 † ±$10,792
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brookings County: $35,295 ±$1,429
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
$82,885 ±$11,532 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Lake Poinsett: $96,875 † ±$24,673
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Brookings County: $70,064 ±$6,292
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888

4.2% ±2.4% (227  ±133) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lake Poinsett: 5.2% † 18 (±4.1% / ±15)
  • about one-third of the rate in Brookings County: 13.2% † 4,236 (±1.9% / ±620)
  • about one-third of the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)

18.3 minutes ±1.1 (44,660  ±5,418) Mean travel time to work
  • about half the figure in Lake Poinsett: 35.8 † 4,155 (±8.8 / ±1,787)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Brookings County: 14.3 236,030 (±0.8 / ±16,032)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)

Families

2,266 ±196 Number of households
  • Lake Poinsett: 167 † ±34
  • Brookings County: 13,798 ±279
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
2.4 ±0.3 (5,441  ±309) Persons per household
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lake Poinsett: 2.1 † 348 (±0.3 / ±82)
  • a little higher than the figure in Brookings County: 2.3 32,096 (±0.1 / ±124)
  • about the same as the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241

9.2% ±4.7% (107  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Lake Poinsett: 58.6% † 17 (±54.4% / ±20)
  • more than double the rate in Brookings County: 4.3% † 421 (±1.3% / ±125)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)

Housing

2,713 ±186 Number of housing units
  • Lake Poinsett: 672 † ±94
  • Brookings County: 15,179 ±63
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422

$275,900 ±$29,361 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lake Poinsett: $493,200 † ±$114,502
  • a little higher than the amount in Brookings County: $264,600 ±$11,840
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Dakota: $257,400 ±$3,051

9.1% ±3.9% (487  ±209.9) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in Lake Poinsett: 1.2% † 4 (±5.4% / ±18)
  • about one-third of the rate in Brookings County: 25.4% † 8,856 (±3.3% / ±1,153.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in South Dakota: 13% 116,449 (±0.4% / ±3,890.1)

Social

97.7% ±6.8% (3,536  ±345.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Lake Poinsett: 95.8% † 273 (±28.9% / ±56)
  • about the same as the rate in Brookings County: 97.1% 18,639 (±4.9% / ±950)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
35.5% ±5.4% (1,286  ±213.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Lake Poinsett: 47.7% † 136 (±7.4% / ±36.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Brookings County: 42.5% 8,159 (±3.4% / ±658.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)

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

1.9% ±1.7% (103  ±91) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Lake Poinsett: 1.4% † 5 (±2.3% / ±8)
  • about one-third of the rate in Brookings County: 6.2% 2,184
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 4% 35,988

7% ±2.3% (282  ±94) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Lake Poinsett: 7.6% † 24 (±5.1% / ±17)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Brookings County: 4.8% † 1,332 (±0.7% / ±205)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
282 Total veterans ±94 264 Male ±88 18 Female ±20

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