Baltic vs Brandon

A side-by-side comparison of Baltic and Brandon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brandon has the higher population (10,996 vs 1,512 in Baltic). Baltic has the higher median household income ($105,132 vs $104,806 in Brandon). Brandon has the higher median home value ($317,300 vs $240,200 in Baltic).

Population, income & housing

	Baltic	Brandon
Population	1,512	10,996
Median age	29.6 yrs	37.7 yrs
Median household income	$105,132	$104,806
Median home value	$240,200	$317,300
Median gross rent	$1,116	$989
Housing units	493	4,221
Homeownership rate	82.4%	80.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Baltic	Brandon
Population	1,110 → 1,512 (+36.2%)	9,934 → 10,996 (+10.7%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $105,132 (+36.5%)	$87,250 → $104,806 (+20.1%)
Median home value	$165,700 → $240,200 (+45.0%)	$225,200 → $317,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $1,116 (+36.3%)	$926 → $989 (+6.8%)

Baltic

Population

1,1101,512

Median household income

$77,000$105,132

Median home value

$165,700$240,200

Median gross rent

$819$1,116

Brandon

Population

9,93410,996

Median household income

$87,250$104,806

Median home value

$225,200$317,300

Median gross rent

$926$989

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Baltic	Brandon
Under 5	12.8%	7.6%
5 to 17	24.9%	23.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	3.5%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.1%	10.7%
65 to 74	5.0%	8.7%
75 and over	0.9%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Baltic	Brandon
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	1.1%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Baltic	Brandon
No high school diploma	2.2%	2.6%
High school graduate	26.2%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	46.6%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	13.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Baltic	Brandon
Drove alone	86.3%	73.8%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	16.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Baltic	Brandon
1-unit, detached	91.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	2.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	2.6%	8.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Baltic	Brandon
Poverty rate	0.7%	2.6%
Average household size	3.12	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	23	20
Median year structure built	1998	2000