SD area data
Carthage, SD
Carthage, SD.
Population: 126 (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
- Very Low
- Top hazards
- drought
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 48.0°F
- Average high
- 59.0°F
- Average low
- 37.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 21.2 in
Amenities
- Nearest airport
- Lee Airport (8 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Huron Regional Airport (HON) (30 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 4
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.0 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,953
- Median annual property tax
- $454
- Households with broadband internet
- 70.7%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 671
- Average weekly wage
- $829
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Wholesale Trade, Other Services
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 5
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