Butte County vs Turner County

A side-by-side comparison of Butte County and Turner County: population, income, housing, and more.

Butte County and Turner County are counties in South Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Butte County has the higher population (10,538 vs 8,772 in Turner County). Turner County has the higher median household income ($75,283 vs $67,692 in Butte County). Butte County has the higher median home value ($207,700 vs $199,000 in Turner County).

Population, income & housing

	Butte County	Turner County
Population	10,538	8,772
Median age	39.3 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,692	$75,283
Median home value	$207,700	$199,000
Median gross rent	$940	$745
Housing units	4,737	3,899
Homeownership rate	80.5%	79.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Butte County	Turner County
Population	10,225 → 10,538 (+3.1%)	8,300 → 8,772 (+5.7%)
Median household income	$46,508 → $67,692 (+45.5%)	$59,242 → $75,283 (+27.1%)
Median home value	$139,000 → $207,700 (+49.4%)	$122,400 → $199,000 (+62.6%)
Median gross rent	$724 → $940 (+29.8%)	$661 → $745 (+12.7%)

Butte County

Population

10,22510,538

Median household income

$46,508$67,692

Median home value

$139,000$207,700

Median gross rent

$724$940

Turner County

Population

8,3008,772

Median household income

$59,242$75,283

Median home value

$122,400$199,000

Median gross rent

$661$745

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Butte County	Turner County
Under 5	6.3%	5.8%
5 to 17	17.9%	19.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	6.3%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.7%
45 to 54	11.7%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.5%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.9%
75 and over	7.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Butte County	Turner County
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.7%	0.5%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Butte County	Turner County
No high school diploma	11.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	37.6%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	19.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.1%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Butte County	Turner County
Drove alone	71.9%	80.3%
Carpooled	9.5%	8.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.3%
Walked	8.3%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.4%
Worked from home	9.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.8%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Butte County	Turner County
1-unit, detached	60.6%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	4.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	5.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	25.8%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Butte County	Turner County
Poverty rate	7.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.46	2.42
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1981	1963