Best places to live in South Dakota
1 South Dakota metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in South Dakota
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked South Dakota metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 82.2%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 5.6%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 4.8%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 1.5%
- Other or two or more
- 5.9%
Diversity index 39/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sioux Falls | 50.0 | #53 of 103 | $344k | 57 | 52 | 8° / 86° | 39 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.