Belle Fourche is a somewhat small city located in the state of South Dakota. With a population of 5,702 people and just one neighborhood, Belle Fourche is the 16th largest community in South Dakota.
Belle Fourche real estate is some of the most expensive in South Dakota, although Belle Fourche house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Belle Fourche is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Belle Fourche is a city of service providers, sales and office workers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in Belle Fourche who work in office and administrative support (14.43%), management occupations (8.15%), and sales jobs (7.78%).
It is a fairly quiet city because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Belle Fourche has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Belle Fourche has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Belle Fourche than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Belle Fourche may be for you.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.16 minutes getting to work every day.
Being a small city, Belle Fourche does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, Belle Fourche is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 18.14% of adults 25 and older in Belle Fourche have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Belle Fourche in 2018 was $28,547, which is upper middle income relative to South Dakota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,188 for a family of four. However, Belle Fourche contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Belle Fourche home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Belle Fourche residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Belle Fourche include German, Irish, English, Norwegian, and Swedish.
The most common language spoken in Belle Fourche is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Scandinavian languages.
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School Details | Grades | Quality Rating Compared to SD* | Quality Rating Compared to Nation* |
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Belle Fourche Education Connection 09 School
1301 12th Ave Belle Fourche, SD 57717 |
09-12 | ||
Belle Fourche High School 01
1301 12th Ave Belle Fourche, SD 57717 |
09-12 | ||
Belle Fourche Middle School 07
1302 Ziebach St Belle Fourche, SD 57717 |
05-08 | ||
Creekside Elementary 07 School
2325 N Ave Spearfish, SD 57783 |
03-05 | ||
Mountain View Elementary 08 School
400 E Hudson Spearfish, SD 57783 |
KG-KG | ||
North Park Elementary 08 School
29 North 6th Ave Belle Fourche, SD 57717 |
KG-KG | ||
South Park Elementary 03 School
1816 Valley Dr Belle Fourche, SD 57717 |
01-04 | ||
Spearfish High School 01
1725 N Main Spearfish, SD 57783 |
09-12 | ||
Spearfish Middle School 05
1600 N Canyon Spearfish, SD 57783 |
06-08 | ||
West Elementary 03 School
920 W King St Spearfish, SD 57783 |
01-02 | ||
* 10 is highest |
Ethnic/racial Groups | This District | This State |
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White (non-hispanic) | ||
Black | ||
Hispanic | ||
Asian Or Pacific Islander | ||
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska |
Economic Groups | This District | This State |
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ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED | 42.8% | 40.2% |
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 31.4% | 33.9% |
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE | 11.5% | 6.3% |
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