What is the population of Bowdle city?

Bowdle city has 442 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #160 of 485 in South Dakota.

What is the median household income in Bowdle city?

Median household income in Bowdle city is $55,875 a year, 28.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bowdle city?

Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $95,600, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.

Is Bowdle city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bowdle city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bowdle, SD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bowdle, South Dakota (Bowdle, SD — Census place “Bowdle city”) is 442 residents, ranking #160 of 485 places in South Dakota. Median household income is $55,875, the median home is worth $95,600 and median gross rent runs $693 a month. Looking for the Bowdle South Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bowdle, SD: 57428.

Population: 442Bowdle city residents
Median household income: $55,875Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $95,600Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $693Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 41.3 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 57%Owner-occupied households

Bowdle ZIP codes (South Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bowdle.

The Bowdle SD ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

57428

What the numbers mean in Bowdle city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bowdle city median would spend about 14.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 1.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.2% of residents and 57% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bowdle city, SD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bowdle city is a very small community in South Dakota, with 442 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #160 of 485 ranked by population — larger than 67% of them. The median age here is 41.3 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Bowdle city earn a median of $55,875 a year, 28.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 15% below the $65,500 median for the 79 South Dakota cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bowdle city is valued at $95,600, 68.5% below the national figure and 50% below the $192,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $693 a month, 50.7% below the national figure, or roughly $8,316 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 1.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 57% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 442 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Bowdle city against its county rather than against national figures.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Bowdle city?: Bowdle city has 442 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #160 of 485 in South Dakota.
What is the median household income in Bowdle city?: Median household income in Bowdle city is $55,875 a year, 28.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bowdle city?: Median gross rent is $693 a month and the median home value is $95,600, so rent absorbs about 14.9% of median household income.
Is Bowdle city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 1.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bowdle city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bowdle city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.