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Brookings, SD

23,710 Population
14 square miles 1,698.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.7 ±0.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 28 ±0.3
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 37.7 ±0.1

Economics

$31,799 ±$1,704 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: $34,769 ±$1,483
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $38,880 ±$398
$61,979 ±$5,607 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: $67,341 ±$4,801
  • about 90 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $72,421 ±$805

16.1% ±3.2% (3,309  ±663) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 12.8% † 4,078 (±2.1% / ±665)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Dakota: 12% 104,511 (±0.4% / ±3,107)

11.8 minutes ±1 (135,580  ±13,393) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 13.8 229,825 (±0.7 / ±14,349)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 17.6 7,240,810 (±0.2 / ±98,307)

Families

8,860 ±318 Number of households
  • the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 13,490 ±331
  • South Dakota: 358,552 ±1,643
2.3 ±0.1 (20,443  ±129) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 2.4 31,701 (±0.1 / ±126)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 867,014

2.4% ±1.4% (172  ±98) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 3.4% † 325 (±1.2% / ±114)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,608 (±0.4% / ±775)

Housing

9,872 ±229 Number of housing units
  • the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 15,025 ±62
  • South Dakota: 402,364 ±200

$243,600 ±$10,954 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: $246,300 ±$8,167
  • a little higher than the amount in South Dakota: $236,800 ±$1,986

31.3% ±4.2% (7,339  ±989.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 24.2% † 8,375 (±2.9% / ±990)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 13.5% 119,641 (±0.4% / ±3,647.5)

Social

96.7% ±6.3% (11,203  ±778.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 96.7% 18,426 (±4.6% / ±887.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 93% 554,494 (±0.8% / ±4,864.6)
49.7% ±4.6% (5,755  ±547.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 44% 8,376 (±3.1% / ±588.8)
  • about 1.5 times 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

6.8% ±0.7% (1,622  ±173) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 5.7% 1,978
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 3.9% 35,218

4.2% ±0.9% (796  ±180) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 4.9% † 1,340 (±0.8% / ±222)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,527 (±0.2% / ±1,452)
796 Total veterans ±180 694 Male ±182 102 Female ±74

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