Chamberlain vs Kimball

A side-by-side comparison of Chamberlain and Kimball: population, income, housing, and more.

Chamberlain and Kimball are places in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Chamberlain has the higher population (2,621 vs 469 in Kimball). Chamberlain has the higher median household income ($75,000 vs $60,208 in Kimball). Chamberlain has the higher median home value ($195,300 vs $118,800 in Kimball).

Population, income & housing

	Chamberlain	Kimball
Population	2,621	469
Median age	39.5 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$60,208
Median home value	$195,300	$118,800
Median gross rent	$682	$768
Housing units	1,056	396
Homeownership rate	61.4%	70.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.6%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chamberlain	Kimball
Population	2,565 → 2,621 (+2.2%)	590 → 469 (-20.5%)
Median household income	$54,833 → $75,000 (+36.8%)	$56,389 → $60,208 (+6.8%)
Median home value	$157,100 → $195,300 (+24.3%)	$91,300 → $118,800 (+30.1%)
Median gross rent	$600 → $682 (+13.7%)	$807 → $768 (-4.8%)

Chamberlain

Population

2,5652,621

Median household income

$54,833$75,000

Median home value

$157,100$195,300

Median gross rent

$600$682

Kimball

Population

590469

Median household income

$56,389$60,208

Median home value

$91,300$118,800

Median gross rent

$807$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chamberlain	Kimball
Under 5	7.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.2%
25 to 34	10.0%	8.1%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.2%
45 to 54	10.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	13.1%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	9.2%
75 and over	9.9%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chamberlain	Kimball
White (non-Hispanic)	69.2%	95.5%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	19.6%	3.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	1.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chamberlain	Kimball
No high school diploma	14.6%	4.8%
High school graduate	25.0%	41.4%
Some college or associate's	23.8%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.3%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chamberlain	Kimball
Drove alone	66.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	20.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.6%
Walked	2.0%	6.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.8%	7.6%
Other means	6.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chamberlain	Kimball
1-unit, detached	69.8%	76.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	15.2%	7.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	7.6%

Poverty & households

	Chamberlain	Kimball
Poverty rate	9.6%	9.5%
Average household size	2.67	1.93
Mean commute (minutes)	11	16
Median year structure built	1973	1953