Blunt vs Pierre

A side-by-side comparison of Blunt and Pierre: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pierre has the higher population (14,008 vs 214 in Blunt). Pierre has the higher median household income ($74,053 vs $62,031 in Blunt). Pierre has the higher median home value ($219,500 vs $152,500 in Blunt).

Population, income & housing

	Blunt	Pierre
Population	214	14,008
Median age	36.5 yrs	39.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,031	$74,053
Median home value	$152,500	$219,500
Median gross rent	$888	$936
Housing units	114	6,533
Homeownership rate	67.5%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	34.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blunt	Pierre
Population	409 → 214 (-47.7%)	13,961 → 14,008 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$48,125 → $62,031 (+28.9%)	$62,192 → $74,053 (+19.1%)
Median home value	$96,700 → $152,500 (+57.7%)	$175,600 → $219,500 (+25.0%)
Median gross rent	$785 → $888 (+13.1%)	$667 → $936 (+40.3%)

Blunt

Population

409214

Median household income

$48,125$62,031

Median home value

$96,700$152,500

Median gross rent

$785$888

Pierre

Population

13,96114,008

Median household income

$62,192$74,053

Median home value

$175,600$219,500

Median gross rent

$667$936

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blunt	Pierre
Under 5	12.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.7%	17.7%
18 to 24	3.7%	6.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	6.5%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	13.9%
65 to 74	14.0%	10.6%
75 and over	3.7%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blunt	Pierre
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	8.6%
Asian	0.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blunt	Pierre
No high school diploma	2.9%	3.5%
High school graduate	43.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.5%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blunt	Pierre
Drove alone	56.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	18.4%	10.5%
Public transit	1.9%	1.2%
Walked	3.9%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	18.4%	4.6%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blunt	Pierre
1-unit, detached	80.7%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	8.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Blunt	Pierre
Poverty rate	7.9%	10.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	12
Median year structure built	1964	1975