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%

Chancellor$2,540/mo

Typical home $409K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $742/mo · Housing →

Ramona$520/mo

Typical home $86K (Census) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $675/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,020 a month, about $24,300 a year, between Chancellor and Ramona.

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.

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

ChancellorRamona

Snow a year45″37″

January low9°F 5°F

July high85°F 83°F

Growing season (days)157d 148d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 41st

Outdoors & history

ChancellorRamona

Settled1895 1886

National Register places—1

Community

ChancellorRamona

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

53 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ChancellorSD RamonaSD

Chancellor ↔ Ramona53 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

ChancellorRamona

People

Population 421Lowest 538Highest

Median age 25.5±3Lowest 33% below SD 30.9±2.1Highest 19% below SD

Kids under 18 34.4%±0.6Highest SD: 24.2% 33.1%±9.5Lowest SD: 24.2%

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 11.4%±4.4Highest SD: 18% 9.1%±2.6Lowest SD: 18%

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.9%Lowest SD: 31.9% 13.7%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±3.3Highest SD: 5% 0.7%±2.2Lowest SD: 5%

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $66,563±$13kLowest 11% below SD $78,750±$51kHighest 5% above SD

Ramona and Chancellor are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $139,800±$27kHighest 46% below SD $85,800±$49kLowest 67% below SD

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $742±$421Highest 22% below SD $675±$122Lowest 29% below SD

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,625Highest 40% below SD $800Lowest 71% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.6%±37.1Highest SD: 39.8% 0%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 8%Lowest SD: 11.9% 26.2%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.8%Lowest SD: 68.6% 76.4%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Lowest 19 yrs older than SD 1970Highest 10 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 63% above SD 16 minLowest 12% below SD

Work from home 2.8%±3.3Highest SD: 9.7% 0.3%±1Lowest SD: 9.7%

Chancellor and Ramona are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 1.3%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 25.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.57Lowest 0.70Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (36%)Madison (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RamonaFew work in Chancellor

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.6%Highest

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 136Highest 91.5Lowest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Chancellor vs Ramona

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $2,020 more a month in Chancellor

What daily life feels like in each

53 miles apart

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