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

CHuronSafer than 34% of U.S. towns CMitchellSafer than 28% of U.S. towns

Schools

CHuronBetter than 25% of districts in the state A−MitchellBetter than 83% of districts in the state

Health

C+HuronHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns BMitchellHealthier than 57% of U.S. towns

12Huron

12Mitchell

Lists won, of 25 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 34 towns #32#5 Highest graduation rateSchools · 33 towns #27#4 Most trailsOutdoors · 27 towns #9#26 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 37 towns #21#5 Most-used librariesLibraries · 15 towns #5#11 Fastest growingGrowth · 36 towns #11#25 Most remote workersWork · 37 towns #24#14 Fewest smokersHealth · 37 towns #34#24

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

Monthly cost

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Mitchell

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%

Huron$1,130/mo

Typical home $181K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $888/mo · Housing →

Mitchell$1,610/mo

Typical home $255K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.29% · or rent about $851/mo · Housing →

The difference: $480 a month, about $5,700 a year, between Mitchell and Huron.

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

HuronMitchell

Snow a year44″41″

January low6°F 9°F

July high86°F 87°F

Growing season (days)146d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 46th

Outdoors & history

HuronMitchell

Trails10 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.7%2.2%

Settled1883 —

National Register places9 20

Archive photos12 —

Famous people born here32 —

Community

HuronMitchell

Library hours a week58 hrs 60 hrs

Colleges in town—2

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

45 miles apart

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

HuronSD MitchellSD

Huron ↔ Mitchell45 miles apart

Who commutes between them

191 Huron residents work in Mitchell (3% of its workers)

117 Mitchell residents work in Huron (1.4% of its workers)

Work & commute in Huron →

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

HuronMitchell

People

Population 14,385Lowest 15,649Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.3%Highest SD: +8.9% +2.7%Lowest SD: +8.9%

Median age 36.1±1.9Lowest 5% below SD 39.6±1.2Highest 4% above SD

Kids under 18 28.7%±3.2Highest SD: 24.2% 22.2%±2.2Lowest SD: 24.2%

Age 65+ 17.4%±1.9Lowest SD: 18% 22.1%±2.4Highest SD: 18%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Highest SD: 31.9% 23.6%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±1.4Highest SD: 5% 3.4%±0.9Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,452±$11kHighest 18% below SD $58,620±$7kLowest 22% below SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $159,000±$17kLowest 38% below SD $192,200±$16kHighest 25% below SD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $888±$59Highest 6% below SD $851±$73Lowest 10% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,926Lowest 29% below SD $2,482Highest 9% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.2%±10.6Highest SD: 39.8% 40.1%±10Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 16.1%Highest SD: 11.9% 12.5%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.3%Highest SD: 68.6% 56.6%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 20 yrs older than SD 1972Highest 8 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 33% below SD 13 minHighest 28% below SD

Work from home 5.3%±2Lowest SD: 9.7% 8.1%±2.6Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 56.6%Lowest 60.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 2.8 miHighest 2.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.03Lowest 1.27Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Alpena (6%)Sioux Falls (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 3% work in Mitchell1% work in Huron

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 10.0 miHighest 2.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Lowest 16Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 62.3Highest 62.0Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #32 of 34 in SD #5 of 34 in SD

School district Huron School District 02-2Mitchell School District 17-2

High school in town Huron High School - 01Mitchell High School - 01

Students per teacherat that high school 18.9Highest 17.1Lowest

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.

Huron vs Mitchell

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Grades and rankings, side by side

A typical home costs $480 more a month in Mitchell

What daily life feels like in each

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