Eagle Butte vs Swift Bird

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Butte and Swift Bird: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Eagle Butte has the higher population (1,492 vs 183 in Swift Bird). Since 2019, Eagle Butte's population has grown faster (+40.5% vs -16.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
Population	1,492	183
Median age	27.8 yrs	10.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,558	—
Median home value	$51,500	—
Median gross rent	$628	—
Housing units	501	28
Homeownership rate	56.9%	0.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.3%	0.0%
Unemployment rate	27.1%	71.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
Population	1,062 → 1,492 (+40.5%)	220 → 183 (-16.8%)
Median household income	$33,456 → $53,558 (+60.1%)	—
Median home value	$51,200 → $51,500 (+0.6%)	—
Median gross rent	$604 → $628 (+4.0%)	$533 → $768 (+44.1%)

Eagle Butte

Population

1,0621,492

Median household income

$33,456$53,558

Median home value

$51,200$51,500

Median gross rent

$604$628

Swift Bird

Population

220183

Median gross rent

$533$768

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
Under 5	8.7%	21.3%
5 to 17	29.0%	54.6%
18 to 24	8.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	9.3%
45 to 54	5.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	11.5%	4.9%
65 to 74	3.6%	0.0%
75 and over	2.7%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
White (non-Hispanic)	7.4%	0.0%
Black or African American	0.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	84.9%	100.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
No high school diploma	9.4%	40.9%
High school graduate	41.4%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	35.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.8%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
Drove alone	76.8%	0.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.0%	100.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
1-unit, detached	46.3%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Butte	Swift Bird
Poverty rate	31.8%	100.0%
Average household size	3.39	6.54
Mean commute (minutes)	9	—
Median year structure built	1990	1986