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Brookings, SD

23,530 Population
14 square miles 1,686 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

24.5 ±0.4 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 27.7 ±0.4
  • about two-thirds of the figure in South Dakota: 37.5 ±0.1

Economics

$29,284 ±$1,710 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: $32,778 ±$1,323
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $36,850 ±$445
$57,824 ±$5,271 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: $64,438 ±$3,539
  • about 80 percent of the amount in South Dakota: $69,457 ±$788

16.5% ±3% (3,356  ±619) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 12.5% † 3,922 (±2.1% / ±643)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in South Dakota: 12.3% 105,542 (±0.3% / ±2,944)

12.6 minutes ±1.2 (147,545  ±15,607) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 14.3 242,100 (±0.8 / ±16,330)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Dakota: 17.5 7,168,230 (±0.2 / ±96,996)

Families

8,766 ±314 Number of households
  • the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 13,366 ±324
  • South Dakota: 351,182 ±1,415
2.3 ±0.1 (20,230  ±125) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 2.3 31,331 (±0.1 / ±124)
  • a little less than the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 858,141

1.8% ±0.9% (133  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 2.7% † 255 (±0.9% / ±90)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in South Dakota: 6.4% 12,228 (±0.4% / ±712)

Housing

9,715 ±244 Number of housing units
  • the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 14,882 ±65
  • South Dakota: 396,623 ±196

$222,100 ±$9,018 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: $227,800 ±$6,345
  • about the same as the amount in South Dakota: $219,500 ±$1,723

31.4% ±3.5% (7,355  ±,808.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 24.8% 8,513 (±2.4% / ±,814.3)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 14.3% 125,277 (±0.4% / ±3,541.9)

Social

95.6% ±6.2% (10,795  ±,764.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 96.2% 18,005 (±4.6% / ±,878.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in South Dakota: 92.7% 545,925 (±0.8% / ±4,777.9)
49% ±4.9% (5,531  ±,571.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 42.4% 7,941 (±3.3% / ±630)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 30.4% 178,861 (±0.5% / ±3,020.9)

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

6.7% ±1.1% (1,574  ±259) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 5.3% 1,850
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 3.8% 34,093

4.2% ±1% (800  ±194) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Brookings, SD Micro Area: 5.3% † 1,442 (±0.8% / ±220)
  • about half the rate in South Dakota: 8.1% 54,488 (±0.2% / ±1,608)
800 Total veterans ±194 684 Male ±157 116 Female ±104

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