SD area data
Howes, SD
Howes, SD.
Population: 369 (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%
Schools
- Total schools
- 1
- Elementary schools
- 0
- Middle schools
- 0
- High schools
- 0
Natural hazards & flood risk
- Overall hazard risk
- Relatively Low
- Top hazards
- winterWeather, wildfire
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 47.0°F
- Average high
- 59.0°F
- Average low
- 34.0°F
- Annual precipitation
- 20.1 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 45
- Days with Good air quality
- 266
- Days with Unhealthy air quality
- 1
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Mount Rushmore National Memorial (59 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Barber Airport (15 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Ellsworth Air Force Base (RCA) (35 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 5
- Avg hospital rating
- 4.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.2 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,988
- Median annual property tax
- $4,017
- Households with broadband internet
- 71.8%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 5,436
- Average weekly wage
- $921
- Top industries (by employment)
- Construction, Accommodation & Food, Health Care
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 111
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