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Timber Lake, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Timber Lake is a Census city of 779 people across 0.61 square miles of land, in Dewey County. Median household income is $60,694, 63.5 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Timber Lake
What Timber Lake is
- Census place typecity
- Land area0.61 sq mi
- Water area0 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,276 plus or minus 277
- County holding the largest share of its areaDewey 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.
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How many people live in Timber Lake
- Population779 plus or minus 169
- Median age23.8
- Population under 18332 plus or minus 80
- Share under 1842.6 percent
- Population 65 and over53 plus or minus 21
- Share 65 and over6.8 percent plus or minus 2.3
- Households266
- Family households159 plus or minus 46
- Share of households that are families59.8 percent plus or minus 13.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Timber Lake
- Median household income$60,694
- Per capita income$25,919
- Civilian labor force330 plus or minus 84
- Employed310 plus or minus 79
- Unemployed20 plus or minus 17
- Unemployment rate6.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Adults 25 and over376 plus or minus 85
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher94.9 percent plus or minus 29.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher22.9 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.5 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Timber Lake
- Housing units306
- Occupied units266
- Vacant units40 plus or minus 14
- Vacancy rate13.1 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Owner occupied169 plus or minus 42
- Renter occupied97 plus or minus 32
- Ownership rate63.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$81,400 plus or minus $23,777
- Median gross rent, monthly$546 plus or minus $232
- Annual rent as a share of median income10.8 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Single family units230 plus or minus 48
- Share single family75.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more44 plus or minus 20
- Share in buildings of two or more14.4 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Mobile homes32 plus or minus 14
- Median year structure built1964
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Timber Lake gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute263 plus or minus 58
- Commuting under 15 minutes143 plus or minus 39
- Share commuting under 15 minutes54.4 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more98 plus or minus 37
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more37.3 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Drove alone75.3 percent plus or minus 26.1
- Carpooled7.3 percent plus or minus 5.6
- Public transport1.0 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Walked7.6 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Worked from home8.7 percent plus or minus 8.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Dewey County, not Timber Lake
Dewey County context, not Timber Lake figures
- Establishments in Dewey County103
- Covered employment, Dewey County2,447
- Average annual pay, Dewey County$51,085
- Housing units permitted, Dewey County3
Every figure in this section is published for Dewey County as a whole and is not a measurement of Timber Lake.
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.
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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
Timber Lake questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Timber Lake, South Dakota?
779, in 266 households. Timber Lake city covers 0.61 square miles of land, which is 1,276 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Timber Lake in?
Dewey 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 Timber Lake?
$60,694. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $81,400. Median gross rent is $546 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Timber Lake figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dewey 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 Timber Lake.
Is zoning published for Timber Lake?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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