Badger vs Lake Preston

A side-by-side comparison of Badger and Lake Preston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lake Preston has the higher population (539 vs 164 in Badger). Badger has the higher median household income ($68,571 vs $60,917 in Lake Preston). Lake Preston has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $72,000 in Badger).

Population, income & housing

	Badger	Lake Preston
Population	164	539
Median age	31.3 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,571	$60,917
Median home value	$72,000	$139,100
Median gross rent	—	$533
Housing units	67	276
Homeownership rate	92.6%	66.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.3%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	8.3%	0.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Badger	Lake Preston
Population	90 → 164 (+82.2%)	400 → 539 (+34.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $68,571 (+40.7%)	$55,417 → $60,917 (+9.9%)
Median home value	$47,500 → $72,000 (+51.6%)	$73,800 → $139,100 (+88.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$440 → $533 (+21.1%)

Badger

Population

90164

Median household income

$48,750$68,571

Median home value

$47,500$72,000

Lake Preston

Population

400539

Median household income

$55,417$60,917

Median home value

$73,800$139,100

Median gross rent

$440$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Badger	Lake Preston
Under 5	7.9%	1.3%
5 to 17	25.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.2%	12.8%
35 to 44	5.5%	7.2%
45 to 54	17.1%	7.8%
55 to 64	6.7%	23.0%
65 to 74	9.8%	13.9%
75 and over	4.9%	13.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Badger	Lake Preston
White (non-Hispanic)	97.6%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Badger	Lake Preston
No high school diploma	12.4%	12.4%
High school graduate	42.3%	43.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Badger	Lake Preston
Drove alone	77.9%	81.7%
Carpooled	2.6%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.9%	6.9%
Other means	2.6%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Badger	Lake Preston
1-unit, detached	79.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	20.9%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	Badger	Lake Preston
Poverty rate	4.9%	13.7%
Average household size	3.04	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1938	1966