South Dakota · Census place 4606840
Brandon, South Dakota
Brandon is a city in Minnehaha County, South Dakota with an estimated 10,837 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 13th largest of 64 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 10,837
- #13 of 64 in South Dakota
- Change since 2020
- -1.9%
- -209 people
- Land area
- 6.1 sq mi
- + 0.04 sq mi water
- Density
- 1,777 / sq mi
- State median 1,459
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Brandon population, 2020 to 2024
Brandon lost 209 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.9%. In the latest year it moved by -111. Among 18 South Dakota places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 17th; the median place changed by +2.7%. The median place of 5,000+ in South Dakota has 13,845 people, so Brandon is 78% of it.
Brandon covers 6.10 square miles of land and 0.04 of water, for 1,777 people per square mile of land. The median South Dakota place of 5,000+ has 1,459, so Brandon is denser than the typical town.
What county Brandon is in
All of Brandon's residents live in Minnehaha County, which had 208,639 residents in 2024. Brandon holds 5.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Brandon
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Brandon by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the city's land: 57005. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a city that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Brandon is
The Census internal point of Brandon is at 43.592900, -96.583800. Pierre, the capital, is 194.5 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Sioux Falls, SD (209,289 people), 8.3 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 43.592900, -96.583800
- DMS
- 43°35'34.44"N 96°35'1.68"W
- UTM
- 14N 695039.2E 4829495.3N
- Geohash
- 9zerfpvg4
- Plus code
- 86M5HCV8+5F
Daylight in Brandon
At 43.59° N, Brandon gets about 15 h 26 min of daylight around the June solstice and 8 h 56 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 30 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Brandon
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in South Dakota, measured between internal points. The closest is Sioux Falls, 8.2 miles away, with 209,289 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Brandon, SD?
10,837 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 209 (1.9%) from 11,046 in July 2020.
What county is Brandon in?
Minnehaha County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Brandon?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 57005.
How far is Brandon from Pierre?
194.5 miles (313.1 km) in a straight line, heading WNW from Brandon.
What is the nearest larger city to Brandon?
Sioux Falls, SD, with 209,289 residents, 8.3 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.