Big Stone City vs Milbank

A side-by-side comparison of Big Stone City and Milbank: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Milbank has the higher population (3,513 vs 609 in Big Stone City). Milbank has the higher median household income ($58,462 vs $50,333 in Big Stone City). Milbank has the higher median home value ($161,300 vs $122,500 in Big Stone City).

Population, income & housing

	Big Stone City	Milbank
Population	609	3,513
Median age	62.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$50,333	$58,462
Median home value	$122,500	$161,300
Median gross rent	$705	$480
Housing units	365	1,622
Homeownership rate	74.2%	76.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.2%	34.3%
Unemployment rate	0.8%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Big Stone City	Milbank
Population	667 → 609 (-8.7%)	3,166 → 3,513 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$50,682 → $50,333 (-0.7%)	$42,383 → $58,462 (+37.9%)
Median home value	$76,800 → $122,500 (+59.5%)	$130,600 → $161,300 (+23.5%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $705 (-1.0%)	$617 → $480 (-22.2%)

Big Stone City

Population

667609

Median household income

$50,682$50,333

Median home value

$76,800$122,500

Median gross rent

$712$705

Milbank

Population

3,1663,513

Median household income

$42,383$58,462

Median home value

$130,600$161,300

Median gross rent

$617$480

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Big Stone City	Milbank
Under 5	3.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	6.7%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.2%	8.6%
25 to 34	3.3%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	10.5%	7.9%
55 to 64	11.3%	15.9%
65 to 74	20.9%	12.4%
75 and over	25.5%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Big Stone City	Milbank
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	86.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	11.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Big Stone City	Milbank
No high school diploma	20.2%	4.8%
High school graduate	33.5%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Big Stone City	Milbank
Drove alone	61.7%	69.3%
Carpooled	24.5%	12.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	5.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.5%
Worked from home	2.7%	11.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Big Stone City	Milbank
1-unit, detached	78.9%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	3.8%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.9%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Big Stone City	Milbank
Poverty rate	18.9%	13.6%
Average household size	1.96	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	13	11
Median year structure built	1959	1974