Brandon

Population & Demographics

Brandon, SD

Brandon is home to 10,996 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 6,774 resident workers commute each day.

South DakotaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
10,996
people
Population

10,996 residents

Median age 36.7 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Brandon population & demographics

Who lives in Brandon — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
10,996
Median age
36.7yrs
Median household income
$110,806
Median home value
$336,600
Median gross rent
$976/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
41.9%
Poverty rate
1.4%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Brandon

How Brandon breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White89.0%
Hispanic or Latino5.6%
Black3.4%
Two or more races1.9%
Asian0.1%

Race across Brandon

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Brandon.

Brandon at a glance
Employed Residents
6,774
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.7mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
17.3%
Share working within the area
Work from home
18.8%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Sioux Falls
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Brandon proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Brandon commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

79
Commute Score

79 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Brandon

6,774 commutes, one dot at a time

Brandon

Where 6,774 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Brandon, by worker count.

1Sioux Falls8.7 mi4,084
2Brandon0.0 mi1,172
3Sioux City76.2 mi73
4Rapid City333.8 mi69
5Brookings50.2 mi60
6Vermillion58.6 mi43
7Luverne19.1 mi39
8Mitchell72.9 mi39

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Brandon.

1Sioux Falls8.7 mi1,496
2Brandon0.0 mi1,172
3Valley Springs5.9 mi79
4Harrisburg12.6 mi55
5Luverne19.1 mi44
6Baltic14.0 mi40
7Tea15.9 mi34
8Garretson9.3 mi31

Top industries

The sectors that employ Brandon’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
MFManufacturing24.2%
EDEducational Services15.2%
AFAccommodation and Food Services10.4%
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance8.1%
COConstruction7.7%
RTRetail Trade6.8%
WSWholesale Trade5.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services5.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing4.5%
Connectivity

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