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Bruce, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Bruce is a Census city of 290 people across 0.37 square miles of land, in Brookings County. Median household income is $55,000, 77.3 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Bruce
What Bruce is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.37 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land784 plus or minus 278
- County holding the largest share of its areaBrookings County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bruce
How many people live in Bruce
- Population290 plus or minus 103
- Median age38.7
- Population under 1891 plus or minus 42
- Share under 1831.4 percent plus or minus 9.5
- Population 65 and over50 plus or minus 29
- Share 65 and over17.2 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Households128 plus or minus 35
- Family households70 plus or minus 26
- Share of households that are families54.7 percent plus or minus 13.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bruce
Income and work in Bruce
- Median household income$55,000 plus or minus $28,312
- Per capita income$39,330 plus or minus $14,383
- Civilian labor force150 plus or minus 57
- Employed150 plus or minus 57
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over181 plus or minus 51
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.4 percent plus or minus 10.6
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree3.3 percent plus or minus 6.4
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Bruce
- Housing units136 plus or minus 37
- Occupied units128 plus or minus 35
- Vacant units8 plus or minus 9
- Vacancy rate5.9 percent plus or minus 6.4
- Owner occupied99 plus or minus 29
- Renter occupied29 plus or minus 18
- Ownership rate77.3 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$114,100 plus or minus $53,191
- Median gross rent, monthly$692 plus or minus $258
- Annual rent as a share of median income15.1 percent plus or minus 9.6
- Single family units111 plus or minus 33
- Share single family81.6 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more17 plus or minus 18
- Share in buildings of two or more12.5 percent plus or minus 12.7
- Mobile homes8 plus or minus 11
- Median year structure built1940
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bruce
How Bruce gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute130 plus or minus 53
- Commuting under 15 minutes31 plus or minus 21
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.8 percent plus or minus 13.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more15 plus or minus 14
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more11.5 percent plus or minus 9.8
- Drove alone72.8 percent plus or minus 15.9
- Carpooled11.6 percent plus or minus 10.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked1.4 percent plus or minus 2.0
- Worked from home11.6 percent plus or minus 10.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bruce
Flood risk in Bruce
- NFIP communityCity of Bruce
- NFIP community number460005
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date04/23/25
The City of Bruce participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 460005 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Brookings County, not Bruce
Brookings County context, not Bruce figures
- Establishments in Brookings County958
- Covered employment, Brookings County19,246
- Average annual pay, Brookings County$56,994
- Housing units permitted, Brookings County208
Every figure in this section is published for Brookings County as a whole and is not a measurement of Bruce.
All Brookings County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Bruce questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bruce, South Dakota?
290, in 128 households. Bruce city covers 0.37 square miles of land, which is 784 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bruce in?
Brookings County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bruce?
$55,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $114,100. Median gross rent is $692 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Bruce in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Bruce appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Bruce, city of, community 460005, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Bruce figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Brookings County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bruce.
Is zoning published for Bruce?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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