Brandon vs Crooks

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

Brandon and Crooks 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 1,216 in Crooks). Brandon has the higher median household income ($104,806 vs $104,479 in Crooks). Brandon has the higher median home value ($317,300 vs $270,500 in Crooks).

Population, income & housing

	Brandon	Crooks
Population	10,996	1,216
Median age	37.7 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$104,806	$104,479
Median home value	$317,300	$270,500
Median gross rent	$989	$1,113
Housing units	4,221	455
Homeownership rate	80.3%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	31.4%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brandon	Crooks
Population	9,934 → 10,996 (+10.7%)	1,279 → 1,216 (-4.9%)
Median household income	$87,250 → $104,806 (+20.1%)	$94,904 → $104,479 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$225,200 → $317,300 (+40.9%)	$198,900 → $270,500 (+36.0%)
Median gross rent	$926 → $989 (+6.8%)	$1,114 → $1,113 (-0.1%)

Brandon

Population

9,93410,996

Median household income

$87,250$104,806

Median home value

$225,200$317,300

Median gross rent

$926$989

Crooks

Population

1,2791,216

Median household income

$94,904$104,479

Median home value

$198,900$270,500

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,113

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brandon	Crooks
Under 5	7.6%	5.6%
5 to 17	23.1%	18.5%
18 to 24	3.5%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.7%	18.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.6%
55 to 64	10.7%	19.7%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.1%
75 and over	5.5%	1.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brandon	Crooks
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	95.7%
Black or African American	3.0%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	0.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brandon	Crooks
No high school diploma	2.6%	6.8%
High school graduate	21.4%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	34.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.6%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brandon	Crooks
Drove alone	73.8%	86.6%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.8%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	16.5%	7.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brandon	Crooks
1-unit, detached	77.4%	96.5%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	2.6%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Brandon	Crooks
Poverty rate	2.6%	0.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	2000	1992