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Blunt vs Frederick

116 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (4.6× in Blunt) and jobs per worker (4.6× in Frederick).

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Blunt, SDHomes around $164KSouth Dakota · 216 people
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Frederick, SDKnown for its schoolsSouth Dakota · 160 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

BluntHomes around $164K
Housing$164K typical home49% below the SD typical home All about Blunt →
FrederickKnown for its schools
SchoolsBetter than 71%of SD districts All about Frederick →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid4.6×
Blunt has the more walkable street grid
Blunt 126Frederick 27.3
Jobs per worker4.6×
Frederick is more of a job hub
Frederick 0.83Blunt 0.18
Home values+82%
Homes cost more in Blunt
Blunt $154,500Frederick $85,000
Property tax bill+43%
Tax bills are bigger in Blunt
Blunt $1,421Frederick $994
Average commute7 min
Frederick has the shorter commute
Blunt 26 minFrederick 19 min
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $450 more a month in Blunt

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.

Blunt$980/mo
Typical home $164K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $900/mo · Housing →
Frederick$530/mo
Typical home $85K (Census) · tax rate 1.17% · or rent about $755/mo · Housing →

The difference: $450 a month, about $5,400 a year, between Blunt and Frederick.

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

Grades and rankings, side by side

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.

Schools
–BluntNot graded B+FrederickBetter than 71% of districts in the state
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
BluntFrederick
Snow a year43″44″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)83rd37th
Outdoors & history
BluntFrederick
National Register places11
Archive photos47
Community
BluntFrederick
Library hours a week—14 hrs
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

116 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BluntSDFrederickSD
Blunt ↔ Frederick116 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.

BluntFrederick
People
Population 216Highest 160Lowest
Median age 51.6±21.3Lowest 36% above SD 52.8±5.8Highest 39% above SD
Frederick and Blunt are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 23.6%±9.6Highest SD: 24.2% 13.1%±11.2Lowest SD: 24.2%
Blunt and Frederick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 26.9%±9.9Lowest SD: 18% 38.8%±4.1Highest SD: 18%
Frederick and Blunt are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.7%Lowest SD: 31.9% 28.9%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±6.5Highest SD: 5% 0.6%±6.4Lowest SD: 5%
Blunt and Frederick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $65,208±$18kLowest 13% below SD $76,667±$34kHighest about the SD average
Frederick and Blunt are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $154,500±$41kHighest 40% below SD $85,000±$16kLowest 67% below SD
Rentmedian gross, monthly $900±$137Highest 5% below SD $755±$178Lowest 20% below SD
Blunt and Frederick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,421Highest 48% below SD $994Lowest 64% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 30.4%±65.4Highest SD: 39.8% 18.2%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%
Blunt and Frederick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 7.4%Lowest SD: 11.9% 11.3%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 75.2%Lowest SD: 68.6% 81.7%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1963Highest 17 yrs older than SD 1953Lowest 27 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 48% above SD 19 minLowest 8% above SD
Work from home 18.1%±23.4Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±14.1Lowest SD: 9.7%
Blunt and Frederick are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 3.4%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.8 miLowest 25.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 0.83Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Pierre (50%)Aberdeen (53%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FrederickFew work in Blunt
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 126Highest 27.3Lowest
Schools
School district —Frederick Area School District 06-2
High school in town —Frederick High School - 01
Students per teacherat that high school — 11.3
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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