Bison vs Lemmon

A side-by-side comparison of Bison and Lemmon: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lemmon has the higher population (1,214 vs 419 in Bison). Bison has the higher median household income ($62,273 vs $42,461 in Lemmon). Lemmon has the higher median home value ($79,700 vs $72,300 in Bison).

Population, income & housing

	Bison	Lemmon
Population	419	1,214
Median age	46.8 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,273	$42,461
Median home value	$72,300	$79,700
Median gross rent	$943	$631
Housing units	247	688
Homeownership rate	77.7%	78.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.0%	20.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bison	Lemmon
Population	308 → 419 (+36.0%)	1,239 → 1,214 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$56,875 → $62,273 (+9.5%)	$46,964 → $42,461 (-9.6%)
Median home value	$72,800 → $72,300 (-0.7%)	$66,700 → $79,700 (+19.5%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $943 (+39.7%)	$586 → $631 (+7.7%)

Bison

Population

308419

Median household income

$56,875$62,273

Median home value

$72,800$72,300

Median gross rent

$675$943

Lemmon

Population

1,2391,214

Median household income

$46,964$42,461

Median home value

$66,700$79,700

Median gross rent

$586$631

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bison	Lemmon
Under 5	8.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	3.3%	5.6%
25 to 34	5.7%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.5%
45 to 54	16.0%	7.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.6%	11.5%
75 and over	15.8%	19.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bison	Lemmon
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	91.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	5.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bison	Lemmon
No high school diploma	5.4%	10.6%
High school graduate	36.8%	38.3%
Some college or associate's	37.8%	30.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.3%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bison	Lemmon
Drove alone	75.1%	77.7%
Carpooled	4.3%	9.6%
Public transit	1.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.4%	8.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bison	Lemmon
1-unit, detached	70.4%	74.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.6%
Mobile home & other	15.4%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Bison	Lemmon
Poverty rate	4.8%	19.7%
Average household size	2.07	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	11	10
Median year structure built	1961	1956