SD area data
Owanka, SD
Owanka, SD.
Population: 234 (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
- hail, iceStorm, lightning, winterWeather, coldWave
Climate (30-year normals)
- Annual precipitation
- 20.5 in
Air quality
- Air quality rating
- Good
- Median AQI (annual)
- 36
- Days with Good air quality
- 248
Amenities
- National parks within ~60 mi
- 4
- Nearest national park
- Badlands National Park (28 mi)
- Nearest airport
- Brown Field (18 mi)
- Nearest major airport
- Rapid City Regional Airport (RAP) (19 mi)
- Hospitals nearby (~15 mi)
- 4
- Avg hospital rating
- 4.0 / 5
- Solar radiation rating
- Fair (4.3 kWh/m²/day)
Housing stock
- Median year housing built
- 1,938
- Median annual property tax
- $1,338
- Households with broadband internet
- 43.8%
Employment & development
- Total county employment
- 53,420
- Average weekly wage
- $1,048
- Top industries (by employment)
- Health Care, Accommodation & Food, Construction
- Annual residential building permits (county)
- 447
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