Swift Bird vs Timber Lake

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

Swift Bird 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 183 in Swift Bird). Since 2019, Timber Lake's population has grown faster (+13.2% vs -16.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Swift Bird	Timber Lake
Population	183	677
Median age	10.6 yrs	27.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$58,000
Median home value	—	$83,600
Median gross rent	—	$567
Housing units	28	283
Homeownership rate	0.0%	60.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	71.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Swift Bird	Timber Lake
Population	220 → 183 (-16.8%)	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	$533 → $768 (+44.1%)	$569 → $567 (-0.4%)

Swift Bird

Population

220183

Median gross rent

$533$768

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)

	Swift Bird	Timber Lake
Under 5	21.3%	15.2%
5 to 17	54.6%	20.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	10.2%
25 to 34	9.8%	15.4%
35 to 44	9.3%	19.2%
45 to 54	0.0%	6.1%
55 to 64	4.9%	5.0%
65 to 74	0.0%	5.3%
75 and over	0.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Swift Bird	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+

	Swift Bird	Timber Lake
No high school diploma	40.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	36.4%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	22.7%	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)

	Swift Bird	Timber Lake
Drove alone	0.0%	75.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.1%
Walked	0.0%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.7%
Other means	100.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Swift Bird	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

	Swift Bird	Timber Lake
Poverty rate	100.0%	18.1%
Average household size	6.54	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	—	26
Median year structure built	1986	1966