A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Big Sioux Township$3,100/mo

Typical home $502K (Census) · tax rate 1.11% · or rent about $1,225/mo · Housing →

Summerset$2,670/mo

Typical home $431K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.14% · or rent about $1,288/mo · Housing →

The difference: $430 a month, about $5,100 a year, between Big Sioux Township and Summerset.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Big Sioux Township places higher on 12 of 17 SD lists

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Safety

–Big Sioux TownshipNot graded B+SummersetSafer than 72% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Big Sioux TownshipNot graded CSummersetBetter than 30% of districts in the state

Health

ABig Sioux TownshipHealthier than 91% of U.S. towns A−SummersetHealthier than 82% of U.S. towns

12Big Sioux Township

5Summerset

Lists won, of 17 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most conserved landOutdoors · 33 towns #3#33 Lowest depressionHealth · 37 towns #3#34 Most remote workersWork · 37 towns #5#30 Shortest commuteGetting around · 37 towns #8#26 Fewest smokersHealth · 37 towns #4#21 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 37 towns #32#18 Most educatedPeople · 37 towns #2#12 HealthiestHealth · 37 towns #4#13

Left end = #1 in South Dakota. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Big Sioux Township’s rankings →

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Big Sioux TownshipSummerset

Snow a year36″36″

January low10°F 13°F

July high85°F 84°F

Growing season (days)159d 147d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)86th 84th

Outdoors & history

Big Sioux TownshipSummerset

Trails22 mi —

Conserved land18.8%—

Settled—2005

Community

Big Sioux TownshipSummerset

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

362 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Big Sioux TownshipUnion County SummersetSD

Big Sioux Township ↔ Summerset362 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs South Dakota average

Big Sioux TownshipSummerset

People

Population 4,917Highest 3,022Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +43.7%Lowest SD: +8.9% +63.8%Highest SD: +8.9%

Median age 41.7±4Highest 10% above SD 35.1±2.9Lowest 8% below SD

Big Sioux Township and Summerset are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 25.6%±5.4Lowest SD: 24.2% 29.3%±5.4Highest SD: 24.2%

Summerset and Big Sioux Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 19.7%±4.3Highest SD: 18% 8.2%±2.3Lowest SD: 18%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 56.3%Highest SD: 31.9% 38.4%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.3%±1.5Lowest SD: 5% 3.4%±2.4Highest SD: 5%

Summerset and Big Sioux Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $128,005±$21kHighest 70% above SD $119,271±$14kLowest 59% above SD

Big Sioux Township and Summerset are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $502,200±$66kHighest 95% above SD $368,300±$25kLowest 43% above SD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,225±$89Lowest 29% above SD $1,288±$116Highest 36% above SD

Summerset and Big Sioux Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $5,567Highest 104% above SD $4,204Lowest 54% above SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 38.8%±19.9Lowest SD: 39.8% 59.3%±21.1Highest SD: 39.8%

Summerset and Big Sioux Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.2%Lowest SD: 11.9% 8.6%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.8%Lowest SD: 68.6% 78.7%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 2003Lowest 23 yrs newer than SD 2007Highest 27 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 31% below SD 20 minHighest 11% above SD

Work from home 11.2%±7.4Highest SD: 9.7% 4.3%±2.2Lowest SD: 9.7%

Big Sioux Township and Summerset are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 28.4%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 10.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.85Highest 0.37Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town North Sioux City (17%)Rapid City (62%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SummersetFew work in Big Sioux Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 18.8%Highest 0.1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 22.4 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.9 miHighest 0.3 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 16.5Lowest 27.2Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#29 of 34 in SD

School district —Meade School District 46-1

High school in town —None in town

South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Big Sioux Township vs Summerset

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $430 more a month in Big Sioux Township

Big Sioux Township places higher on 12 of 17 SD lists

What daily life feels like in each

362 miles apart

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