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Miner County
83
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Compare counties in South Dakota by overall score, affordability, economy, schools, safety, taxes, and peace & quiet. Rankings are public-data estimates for comparison and research.
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Douglas County
81.3
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Campbell County
80.3
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Deuel County
80.3
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Marshall County
80.1
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| Rank | County | Overall | Economy | Afford. | Schools | Safety | Taxes | Peace & Quiet | Typical home | Income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Miner County FIPS 46097 | 83 | 70.3 | 82.2 | 91.8 | 96.5 | 78.3 | 84.8 | $193,715 | $76,140 |
| 2 | Douglas County FIPS 46043 | 81.3 | 65.4 | 90.5 | 96.5 | - | 62.3 | 91.7 | $166,900 | $86,442 |
| 3 | Campbell County FIPS 46021 | 80.3 | 67.8 | 72.9 | 96.5 | 89.3 | 77.7 | 93.7 | $209,028 | $68,929 |
| 4 | Deuel County FIPS 46039 | 80.3 | 88.5 | 57.5 | 86.1 | 93.6 | 82.6 | 85.6 | $312,820 | $83,112 |
| 5 | Marshall County FIPS 46091 | 80.1 | 86.5 | 65.4 | 84.3 | 84.2 | 82.6 | 86.5 | $234,505 | $78,156 |
| 6 | Grant County FIPS 46051 | 79.9 | 82.1 | 68.7 | 88.9 | - | 76.6 | 95.9 | $233,712 | $75,028 |
| 7 | Aurora County FIPS 46003 | 79.7 | 70.4 | 87.8 | 84.7 | 85.6 | 58.7 | 90.5 | $151,900 | $72,885 |
| 8 | Hamlin County FIPS 46057 | 79.2 | 89.3 | 54.6 | 92.5 | 88.5 | 71.6 | 85.4 | $329,796 | $87,101 |
| 9 | Jones County FIPS 46075 | 79.1 | 61.5 | 84.5 | 85.6 | 97.6 | 64 | 89 | $139,600 | $65,119 |
| 10 | Faulk County FIPS 46049 | 78.7 | 46.7 | 82.8 | 95.8 | 96.1 | 81.5 | 91.5 | $147,500 | $57,750 |
| 11 | Hand County FIPS 46059 | 78.1 | 76.5 | 60 | 89 | 87.5 | 83.1 | 93.8 | $256,242 | $74,635 |
| 12 | Gregory County FIPS 46053 | 77.8 | 67.7 | 84.4 | 74.1 | 97.3 | 58.7 | 89.4 | $139,900 | $62,917 |
| 13 | Haakon County FIPS 46055 | 77.7 | 68.4 | 81.6 | 81.1 | 87.6 | 64.1 | 88.7 | $164,200 | $65,625 |
| 14 | McCook County FIPS 46087 | 77.2 | 80.8 | 66.1 | 86.8 | 82.1 | 63 | 89.5 | $287,316 | $83,852 |
| 15 | Hanson County FIPS 46061 | 76.8 | 69 | 87.9 | 69.2 | 89.5 | 57.1 | 91.3 | $191,200 | $81,071 |
| 16 | Lake County FIPS 46079 | 76.6 | 82 | 53 | 87.9 | 96.4 | 61.7 | 92.4 | $306,912 | $76,808 |
| 17 | Perkins County FIPS 46105 | 76.6 | 72.6 | 75.2 | 75.5 | 88.5 | 67.5 | 90.7 | $175,637 | $66,908 |
| 18 | Davison County FIPS 46035 | 76.3 | 72.1 | 58.9 | 95.3 | 98.1 | 49.7 | 95.9 | $246,851 | $66,208 |
| 19 | Lincoln County FIPS 46083 | 76.1 | 93.3 | 56 | 82.9 | 87.3 | 47.1 | 87.9 | $378,566 | $99,166 |
| 20 | Union County FIPS 46127 | 76 | 82.1 | 55.7 | 85.8 | 94.2 | 54.4 | 95.7 | $353,490 | $89,636 |
| 21 | Edmunds County FIPS 46045 | 75.9 | 69 | 76.8 | 75.7 | - | 83 | 92 | $223,899 | $81,630 |
| 22 | McPherson County FIPS 46089 | 75.8 | 65.6 | 92.3 | 78 | 85.1 | 35.7 | 88.7 | $85,600 | $66,906 |
| 23 | Hutchinson County FIPS 46067 | 75.7 | 64.1 | 73.7 | 76.6 | 98.1 | 64.8 | 95.6 | $217,198 | $73,977 |
| 24 | Codington County FIPS 46029 | 75.4 | 78 | 46.8 | 89.7 | 97.1 | 69.2 | 96 | $335,019 | $72,727 |
| 25 | Brown County FIPS 46013 | 74.7 | 70.8 | 63.6 | 85.5 | 96.2 | 47.4 | 96.2 | $238,215 | $70,898 |
| 26 | Harding County FIPS 46063 | 74.5 | 79.9 | 58.1 | 66.8 | 98.5 | 74.8 | 86.8 | $275,936 | $80,441 |
| 27 | Bon Homme County FIPS 46009 | 74.4 | 57.1 | 78.7 | 81.3 | 91.8 | 58.2 | 91.6 | $172,895 | $64,435 |
| 28 | Kingsbury County FIPS 46077 | 74.3 | 66.2 | 63.9 | 74.8 | 99.6 | 74.8 | 88.2 | $252,217 | $74,000 |
| 29 | Turner County FIPS 46125 | 74 | 77.5 | 61.5 | 82.8 | 75.6 | 68.8 | 89.7 | $297,529 | $75,771 |
| 30 | Brule County FIPS 46015 | 73.8 | 70.4 | 63.8 | 75.4 | 93.9 | 64.2 | 93.7 | $246,697 | $73,720 |
| 31 | Walworth County FIPS 46129 | 73.8 | 63.7 | 86.6 | 62.7 | 99.8 | 41.2 | 92.7 | $134,456 | $65,026 |
| 32 | Potter County FIPS 46107 | 73 | 60.9 | 63.2 | 89.1 | 84.4 | 71.4 | 87.3 | $232,681 | $72,045 |
| 33 | Sanborn County FIPS 46111 | 72.2 | 63.9 | 71.5 | 64 | 89.1 | 77 | 88.8 | $238,879 | $78,750 |
| 34 | Hughes County FIPS 46065 | 72 | 78.1 | 61.1 | 59.7 | 97.6 | 57.8 | 96.5 | $289,411 | $81,395 |
| 35 | Yankton County FIPS 46135 | 71.9 | 72.9 | 60.2 | 75.7 | 84.8 | 60 | 95.2 | $274,934 | $72,821 |
| 36 | Brookings County FIPS 46011 | 71 | 76 | 43.5 | 87.7 | 91.7 | 50.4 | 95 | $312,526 | $70,064 |
| 37 | Stanley County FIPS 46117 | 70.9 | 77.4 | 63.1 | 52.7 | 96 | 62 | 92.6 | $312,917 | $87,712 |
| 38 | Minnehaha County FIPS 46099 | 70.4 | 75 | 50.8 | 79.9 | 94.9 | 47.5 | 79.9 | $323,682 | $76,880 |
| 39 | Clark County FIPS 46025 | 69.7 | 73.6 | 74.3 | 30.9 | 95.5 | 76.9 | 90.1 | $206,810 | $70,726 |
| 40 | Spink County FIPS 46115 | 69.1 | 70.6 | 77.9 | 55.8 | 66.1 | 62.9 | 92.7 | $169,579 | $70,139 |
| 41 | Tripp County FIPS 46123 | 68.6 | 64.1 | 62.9 | 50.9 | 94.8 | 77.8 | 93.7 | $199,702 | $58,987 |
| 42 | Moody County FIPS 46101 | 68.2 | 75.9 | 59.5 | 45.2 | 96 | 61.4 | 94.7 | $293,836 | $78,427 |
| 43 | Sully County FIPS 46119 | 68.2 | 61.8 | 53.3 | 89.8 | 63.6 | 77.3 | 84.4 | $278,457 | $72,578 |
| 44 | Butte County FIPS 46019 | 67.7 | 81.3 | 45.8 | 49.8 | 94.7 | 72.6 | 90.4 | $355,827 | $75,652 |
| 45 | Beadle County FIPS 46005 | 67.3 | 64 | 76.1 | 36.1 | 98 | 55.2 | 96.2 | $184,430 | $67,681 |
| 46 | Jerauld County FIPS 46073 | 66.6 | 69.7 | 69 | 27.3 | 88.4 | 85.5 | 93.2 | $242,971 | $73,750 |
| 47 | Meade County FIPS 46093 | 66.1 | 79.6 | 36 | 73.1 | 79.6 | 58.4 | 95.1 | $394,532 | $74,790 |
| 48 | Fall River County FIPS 46047 | 65 | 76.2 | 55.6 | 52.2 | 65.9 | 70.1 | 93.8 | $273,966 | $67,917 |
| 49 | Lawrence County FIPS 46081 | 64.1 | 80.5 | 17.6 | 68.7 | 96.1 | 69.6 | 88.2 | $449,279 | $73,384 |
| 50 | Clay County FIPS 46027 | 64 | 60 | 37.2 | 87.1 | 90.8 | 41.4 | 91.3 | $284,411 | $56,850 |
| 51 | Mellette County FIPS 46095 | 63 | 60.1 | 86.3 | 2.6 | 98.2 | 64.9 | 93 | $84,100 | $54,076 |
| 52 | Day County FIPS 46037 | 62.8 | 67.2 | 55.1 | 42.5 | 81.9 | 73.4 | 82.3 | $251,188 | $66,033 |
| 53 | Buffalo County FIPS 46017 | 62.3 | 25.7 | 79.1 | - | - | 94.7 | 96.5 | $117,800 | $47,045 |
| 54 | Pennington County FIPS 46103 | 61.8 | 78.4 | 41.1 | 47.9 | 83.4 | 52.2 | 91.6 | $362,723 | $74,517 |
| 55 | Hyde County FIPS 46069 | 61.1 | 79 | 84.5 | 1.4 | - | 61 | 93.7 | $181,600 | $73,472 |
| 56 | Custer County FIPS 46033 | 60 | 86.9 | 23.5 | 47.7 | 75.4 | 73.4 | 83.8 | $507,260 | $84,112 |
| 57 | Roberts County FIPS 46109 | 59.3 | 72.3 | 59.8 | 3.4 | 90 | 75.8 | 89.4 | $227,173 | $65,130 |
| 58 | Lyman County FIPS 46085 | 58.3 | 50 | 78.2 | 8.1 | 90.9 | 64.3 | 91 | $165,800 | $67,143 |
| 59 | Charles Mix County FIPS 46023 | 54.2 | 55.2 | 48.2 | 17.7 | 86.2 | 71.5 | 93.8 | $280,406 | $64,038 |
| 60 | Ziebach County FIPS 46137 | 54 | 45.2 | 85.3 | 1.6 | - | 84.4 | 89.5 | $99,600 | $53,958 |
| 61 | Dewey County FIPS 46041 | 52.9 | 32.3 | 88.4 | 2.2 | 92 | 37.7 | 94.1 | $69,600 | $54,104 |
| 62 | Jackson County FIPS 46071 | 52.7 | 44.7 | 53.3 | 2.7 | 97.3 | 85 | 91.3 | $158,433 | $35,417 |
| 63 | Oglala Lakota County FIPS 46102 | 50 | 26.8 | 85.7 | 0.1 | - | 96 | 94.7 | $52,900 | $41,417 |
| 64 | Bennett County FIPS 46007 | 49.7 | 44.1 | 50.2 | 0.8 | 94.7 | 71.3 | 92.9 | $224,609 | $53,750 |
| 65 | Corson County FIPS 46031 | 49.3 | 40.6 | 56.7 | 0.7 | 82.3 | 80.3 | 90.1 | $175,444 | $46,406 |
| 66 | Todd County FIPS 46121 | 46.7 | 39.3 | 87.2 | 0.1 | - | 32.4 | 95.5 | $53,900 | $42,075 |