SD area data
Ideal, SD
Ideal, SD.
Population: 163 (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
- coldWave, winterWeather
Climate (30-year normals)
- Average annual temperature
- 49.5°F
- Average high
- 61.5°F
- Average low
- 37.5°F
- Annual precipitation
- 21.5 in
- Annual snowfall
- 50.2 in
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 1
- Nearest national park
- Niobrara National Scenic River (41 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Winner Regional Airport (2 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 3
- EV charging stations (within 10 mi)
- 2
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.2 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 2,001
- Median annual property tax
- $943
- Households with broadband internet
- 69.6%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 1,829
- Average weekly wage
- $900
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Professional Services, Wholesale Trade
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 10
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