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 →

Sturgis$2,350/mo

Typical home $377K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $780/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,220 a month, about $14,600 a year, between Sturgis 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.

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.

Safety

CHuronSafer than 34% of U.S. towns C−SturgisSafer than 23% of U.S. towns

Schools

CHuronBetter than 25% of districts in the state B−SturgisBetter than 51% of districts in the state

Health

C+HuronHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns BSturgisHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns

11Huron

11Sturgis

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 34 towns #32#10 Lowest depressionHealth · 37 towns #8#31 Lowest obesityHealth · 37 towns #23#4 Most affordableCost of living · 37 towns #5#23 Lowest property taxCost of living · 37 towns #5#23 Most conserved landOutdoors · 33 towns #25#9 Most trailsOutdoors · 27 towns #9#22 Shortest commuteGetting around · 37 towns #6#23

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

HuronSturgis

Snow a year44″48″

January low6°F 15°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)146d 147d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 78th

Outdoors & history

HuronSturgis

Trails10 mi 3 mi

Conserved land1.7%5.6%

Settled1883 1878

National Register places9 8

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here32 —

Community

HuronSturgis

Library hours a week58 hrs 57 hrs

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

261 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

HuronSD SturgisSD

Huron ↔ Sturgis261 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

HuronSturgis

People

Population 14,385Highest 7,086Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13.3%Highest SD: +8.9% +5.9%Lowest SD: +8.9%

Median age 36.1±1.9Lowest 5% below SD 40.3±3.3Highest 6% above SD

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

Kids under 18 28.7%±3.2Highest SD: 24.2% 22%±4Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 17.4%±1.9Lowest SD: 18% 19.4%±3.3Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Highest SD: 31.9% 24.4%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±1.4Highest SD: 5% 1.8%±1.5Lowest SD: 5%

Huron and Sturgis 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 $54,404±$9kLowest 28% below SD

Huron and Sturgis 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 $271,200±$30kHighest 5% above SD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $888±$59Highest 6% below SD $780±$214Lowest 18% below SD

Huron and Sturgis 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 $3,222Highest 18% above SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41.2%±10.6Highest SD: 39.8% 41%±17.3Lowest SD: 39.8%

Huron and Sturgis 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% 9.2%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.3%Highest SD: 68.6% 66.9%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1960Lowest 20 yrs older than SD 1976Highest 4 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 33% below SD 18 minHighest about the SD average

Work from home 5.3%±2Highest SD: 9.7% 2%±1.4Lowest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 56.6%Highest 32.5%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 2.8 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.03Highest 0.84Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Alpena (6%)Rapid City (20%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in SturgisFew work in Huron

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.7%Lowest 5.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 10.0 miHighest 2.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.9 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 8Highest 3Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 62.3Highest 58.3Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #32 of 34 in SD #10 of 34 in SD

School district Huron School District 02-2Meade School District 46-1

High school in town Huron High School - 01Sturgis Brown High School - 01

Students per teacherat that high school 18.9Highest 17.6Lowest

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 Sturgis

Two towns, two different strengths

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A typical home costs $1,220 more a month in Sturgis

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