Area data
Brookings, SD — ZIP 57007
Population: 2,377 (Census ACS)
Home values & appreciation
- House Price Index
- 496.2 (+2.9% YoY)
Affordability
- Cost of living index (Low)
- 88.6 (100 = US avg)
- Electricity rate (state-level)
- 13.4¢/kWh
- Natural gas rate (state-level)
- $9.90/MCF
- 30-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.66%
- 15-year mortgage rate (national)
- 6.00%
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- winterWeather, coldWave, hail, iceStorm, strongWind
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 43.0°F
- Average high
- 54.0°F
- Average low
- 33.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 29.8 in
- Annual snowfall
- 46.4 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 36
- Days with Good air quality
- 292
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Pipestone National Monument (34 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Brookings Regional Airport (BKX) (5 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 9
- Avg hospital rating
- 4.0 / 5
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 3
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (3.9 kWh/m²/day)
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 14,760
- Average weekly wage
- $1,038
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Health Care, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 144
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