SD area data
Fairburn, SD
Fairburn, SD.
Population: 356 (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
- wildfire
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 49.0°F
- Average high
- 64.0°F
- Average low
- 34.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 18.5 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 44
- Days with Good air quality
- 276
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 4
- Nearest national park
- Wind Cave National Park (14 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Custer State Park Airport (8 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) (26 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 6
- Avg hospital rating
- 4.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.3 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 2,006
- Households with broadband internet
- 47.6%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 2,035
- Average weekly wage
- $817
- Top industries (by employment)
- Accommodation & Food, Health Care, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 228
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