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West Brule, SD

471 Population
1.2 square miles 398.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.2 ±5.8 Median age
  • about half the figure in Lyman County: 36.1 ±1.3
  • about half the figure in South Dakota: 38 ±0.2
  • about half the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$9,357 ±$3,227 Per capita income
  • about one-quarter of the amount in Lyman County: $37,079 † ±$4,787
  • about one-quarter of the amount in South Dakota: $40,550 ±$520
  • about one-fifth of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$37,917 ±$8,141 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Lyman County: $67,143 † ±$7,804
  • about half the amount in South Dakota: $75,081 ±$888
  • about half the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

50.3% ±16.1% (237  ±95) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Lyman County: 23.7% † 864 (±4% / ±150)
  • more than double the rate in South Dakota: 11.9% 104,798 (±0.4% / ±3,713)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

8.9 minutes ±3.1 (1,000  ±481) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Lyman County: 15.8 † 21,270 (±1.6 / ±3,177)
  • about half the figure in South Dakota: 17.8 7,339,145 (±0.2 / ±101,823)
  • about one-third of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

71 ±26 Number of households
  • Lyman County: 1,188 ±83
  • South Dakota: 365,544 ±1,728
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
6.6 ±2.9 (471  ±114) Persons per household
  • more than double the figure in Lyman County: 3.1 3,651 (±0.2 / ±123)
  • more than double the figure in South Dakota: 2.4 875,241
  • more than double the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.1% ±7.9% (6  ±8) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in Lyman County: 12.1% † 84 (±5.6% / ±39)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 6.5% 12,675 (±0.4% / ±796)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

90 ±26 Number of housing units
  • Lyman County: 1,553 ±37
  • South Dakota: 408,584 ±422
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

N/A Median value of owner-occupied housing units

N/A Moved since previous year

Social

72.3% ±22.1% (141  ±54.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Lyman County: 89.4% 2,116 (±7.7% / ±191.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 93.2% 562,448 (±0.9% / ±5,163.6)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
1% ±13.7% (2  ±26.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in Lyman County: 24.6% † 581 (±4.4% / ±105.5)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in South Dakota: 31.9% 192,610 (±0.5% / ±3,182.5)
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

N/A Foreign-born population

11.5% ±6.9% (28  ±18) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Lyman County: 5.1% † 137 (±1.3% / ±35)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in South Dakota: 7.9% 53,890 (±0.3% / ±1,825)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
28 Total veterans ±18 26 Male ±17 2 Female ±3

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