Green Grass vs Timber Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Green Grass and Timber Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Timber Lake has the higher population (677 vs 80 in Green Grass). Since 2019, Green Grass's population has grown faster (+263.6% vs +13.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
Population	80	677
Median age	21.0 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,000
Median home value	—	$83,600
Median gross rent	—	$567
Housing units	8	283
Homeownership rate	100.0%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	100.0%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
Population	22 → 80 (+263.6%)	598 → 677 (+13.2%)
Median household income	—	$49,250 → $58,000 (+17.8%)
Median home value	—	$57,700 → $83,600 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$569 → $567 (-0.4%)

Green Grass

Population

2280

Timber Lake

Population

598677

Median household income

$49,250$58,000

Median home value

$57,700$83,600

Median gross rent

$569$567

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
Under 5	16.3%	15.2%
5 to 17	13.8%	20.2%
18 to 24	41.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	11.3%	15.4%
35 to 44	3.8%	19.2%
45 to 54	3.8%	6.1%
55 to 64	0.0%	5.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.3%
75 and over	10.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	46.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	100.0%	44.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
No high school diploma	13.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	52.2%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	34.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
Drove alone	—	75.5%
Carpooled	—	5.1%
Public transit	—	1.1%
Walked	—	6.6%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	11.7%
Other means	—	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
1-unit, detached	100.0%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Green Grass	Timber Lake
Poverty rate	100.0%	18.1%
Average household size	10.00	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	—	1966