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Eagle Butte city, South Dakota: commercial real estate data.
Eagle Butte city is a Census city of 1,458 people across 1.36 square miles of land, lying across Ziebach County and Dewey County. Median household income is $45,741, 51.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Eagle Butte
What Eagle Butte is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.36 sq mi
- Water area0.1 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land1,071
- County holding the largest share of its areaZiebach County, 57.8 percent
- Counties this place lies inZiebach County 57.8 percent, Dewey County 42.2 percent
Eagle Butte city crosses a county line. The split above is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries, by area, so it says where the ground is and not where the town hall is.
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Eagle Butte
How many people live in Eagle Butte
- Population1,458
- Median age28.0
- Population under 18574
- Share under 1839.4 percent
- Population 65 and over85 plus or minus 31
- Share 65 and over5.8 percent plus or minus 1.9
- Households416
- Family households297
- Share of households that are families71.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Eagle Butte
Income and work in Eagle Butte
- Median household income$45,741 plus or minus $14,035
- Per capita income$16,864
- Civilian labor force620
- Employed467
- Unemployed153 plus or minus 53
- Unemployment rate24.7 percent plus or minus 7.5
- Adults 25 and over790
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher90.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher15.3 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree4.7 percent plus or minus 3.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Eagle Butte
- Housing units496
- Occupied units416
- Vacant units80 plus or minus 21
- Vacancy rate16.1 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Owner occupied216 plus or minus 56
- Renter occupied200 plus or minus 42
- Ownership rate51.9 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Median owner-occupied home value$65,900 plus or minus $32,795
- Median gross rent, monthly$611
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.0 percent plus or minus 5.7
- Single family units268
- Share single family54.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more115 plus or minus 34
- Share in buildings of two or more23.2 percent plus or minus 6.3
- Mobile homes113 plus or minus 44
- Median year structure built1991
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Eagle Butte gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute446
- Commuting under 15 minutes411 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting under 15 minutes92.2 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more28 plus or minus 32
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more6.3 percent plus or minus 7.1
- Drove alone77.5 percent
- Carpooled15.7 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.3
- Worked from home4.3 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Eagle Butte
SBA 504 lending to Eagle Butte borrowers
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$686,000
- Average approval$686,000
- Median approval$686,000
- Largest approval$686,000
- Jobs supported2
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Ziebach County, not Eagle Butte
Ziebach County context, not Eagle Butte figures
These are Ziebach County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Eagle Butte measurements.
- Establishments in Ziebach County31
- Employment at those establishments, Ziebach County212
- Covered employment, Ziebach County252
- Average annual pay, Ziebach County$52,274
- Average weekly wage, Ziebach County$1,005
- County product, 2024, Ziebach County$56,063,000
- County product change over the prior year, Ziebach County-31.0 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Ziebach County$33,300
Every figure in this section is published for Ziebach County as a whole and is not a measurement of Eagle Butte. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Eagle Butte questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Eagle Butte, South Dakota?
1,458, in 416 households. Eagle Butte city covers 1.36 square miles of land, which is 1,071 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Eagle Butte in?
Eagle Butte lies in more than one. By area it is 57.8 percent in Ziebach County, 42.2 percent in Dewey County. This page sits under Ziebach County because that county holds the largest share. The split is measured from the Census boundary of the place against the county boundaries.
What is the median household income in Eagle Butte?
$45,741. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $65,900. Median gross rent is $611 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 Eagle Butte figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Ziebach 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 Eagle Butte.
Is zoning published for Eagle Butte?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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