What is the population of Burke city?

Burke city has 645 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #128 of 485 in South Dakota.

What is the median household income in Burke city?

Median household income in Burke city is $45,192 a year, 42.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

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

Median gross rent is $548 a month and the median home value is $127,900, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.

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

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Burke city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Burke, SD population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Burke, South Dakota (Burke, SD — Census place “Burke city”) is 645 residents, ranking #128 of 485 places in South Dakota. Median household income is $45,192, the median home is worth $127,900 and median gross rent runs $548 a month. Looking for the Burke South Dakota ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Burke, SD: 57523.

Population: 645Burke city residents
Median household income: $45,192Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $127,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $548Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 39.9 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.6%Owner-occupied households

Burke ZIP codes (South Dakota)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Burke.

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

57523

What the numbers mean in Burke city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Burke city median would spend about 14.6% 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 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 13.2% of residents and 64.6% of households own their home.

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

Burke city, SD in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Burke city is a very small community in South Dakota, with 645 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #128 of 485 ranked by population — larger than 73% of them. The median age here is 39.9 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 Burke city earn a median of $45,192 a year, 42.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 31% below the $65,500 median for the 79 South Dakota cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 13.2% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Burke city is valued at $127,900, 57.8% below the national figure and 34% below the $192,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $548 a month, 61% below the national figure, or roughly $6,576 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 14.6% 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 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.6% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

With 645 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Burke city against its county rather than against national figures.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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 Burke city?: Burke city has 645 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #128 of 485 in South Dakota.
What is the median household income in Burke city?: Median household income in Burke city is $45,192 a year, 42.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Burke city?: Median gross rent is $548 a month and the median home value is $127,900, so rent absorbs about 14.6% of median household income.
Is Burke city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Burke city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 14.6% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Burke 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.