North Eagle Butte vs Timber Lake

A side-by-side comparison of North Eagle Butte and Timber Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

North Eagle Butte 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.

North Eagle Butte has the higher population (1,432 vs 677 in Timber Lake). Timber Lake has the higher median household income ($58,000 vs $38,125 in North Eagle Butte). Timber Lake has the higher median home value ($83,600 vs $37,500 in North Eagle Butte).

Population, income & housing

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
Population	1,432	677
Median age	22.7 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,125	$58,000
Median home value	$37,500	$83,600
Median gross rent	$740	$567
Housing units	520	283
Homeownership rate	32.1%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	22.8%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
Population	2,220 → 1,432 (-35.5%)	598 → 677 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$35,000 → $38,125 (+8.9%)	$49,250 → $58,000 (+17.8%)
Median home value	$51,800 → $37,500 (-27.6%)	$57,700 → $83,600 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$558 → $740 (+32.6%)	$569 → $567 (-0.4%)

North Eagle Butte

Population

2,2201,432

Median household income

$35,000$38,125

Median home value

$51,800$37,500

Median gross rent

$558$740

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)

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
Under 5	11.3%	15.2%
5 to 17	28.2%	20.2%
18 to 24	13.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	15.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	19.2%
45 to 54	9.6%	6.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	5.0%
65 to 74	5.2%	5.3%
75 and over	2.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	0.0%	46.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	97.1%	44.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
No high school diploma	25.1%	6.8%
High school graduate	40.7%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	6.5%	10.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.1%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
Drove alone	78.5%	75.5%
Carpooled	1.1%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	1.1%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.6%	11.7%
Other means	8.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
1-unit, detached	70.0%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.0%	17.0%
20 or more units	4.4%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	12.3%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	North Eagle Butte	Timber Lake
Poverty rate	46.9%	18.1%
Average household size	3.35	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	11	26
Median year structure built	1976	1966