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Garden City vs Revillo

49 miles apart. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (15.3× in Garden City) and average commute (19 min in Revillo).

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Garden City, SDA small town of 78South Dakota · 78 people
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Revillo, SDA small town of 88South Dakota · 88 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.

Garden CityA small town of 78
Quiet strengthsGarden City doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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RevilloA small town of 88
Quiet strengthsRevillo doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Revillo →
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.

Jobs per worker15.3×
Garden City is more of a job hub
Garden City 0.46Revillo 0.03
Average commute19 min
Revillo has the shorter commute
Garden City 47 minRevillo 28 min
Street grid2×
Revillo has the more walkable street grid
Revillo 114Garden City 58.2
Typical home built16 yrs
Garden City’s homes are older
Revillo 1954Garden City 1938
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
Garden CityRevillo
Snow a year41″47″
January low3°F3°F
July high82°F83°F
Growing season (days)145d151d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th53rd
Outdoors & history
Garden CityRevillo
Settled1889—
National Register places—1
Community
Garden CityRevillo
Library hours a week—7 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

49 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Garden CitySDRevilloSD
Garden City ↔ Revillo49 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.

Garden CityRevillo
People
Population 78Lowest 88Highest
Median age 37.5±12.7Lowest about the SD average 38±32.5Highest about the SD average
Revillo and Garden City are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 33.3%±34.4Highest SD: 24.2% 0%±32.1Lowest SD: 24.2%
Garden City and Revillo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 23.1%±34Highest SD: 18% 20.5%±24.9Lowest SD: 18%
Garden City and Revillo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9.6%Highest SD: 31.9% 6.4%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±18.1 SD: 5% 0%±16.1 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $93,750±$70kHighest 25% above SD $56,300±$3kLowest 25% below SD
Garden City and Revillo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $360 87% below SD —
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±100Highest SD: 39.8% 28.6%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%
Garden City and Revillo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 4%Lowest SD: 11.9% 11.4%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 83.3%Lowest SD: 68.6% 89.7%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 1954Highest 26 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 47 minHighest 166% above SD 28 minLowest 60% above SD
Work from home 5.1%±11.7Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±17.5Lowest SD: 9.7%
Garden City and Revillo are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 19.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.46Highest 0.03Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Clark (15%)Milbank (34%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RevilloFew work in Garden City
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 58.2Lowest 114Highest
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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