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Mission Hill vs Letcher

80 miles apart. Close on almost everything the Census measures, so the differences below are the small ones.

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Mission Hill, SDA small town of 200South Dakota · 200 people
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Letcher, SDA small town of 171South Dakota · 171 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.

Mission HillA small town of 200
Quiet strengthsMission Hill doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Mission Hill →
LetcherA small town of 171
Quiet strengthsLetcher doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Letcher →
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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.

Mission Hill$670/mo
Typical home $104K (Census) · tax rate 1.42% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →
Letcher$670/mo
Typical home $102K (Census) · tax rate 1.58% · or rent about $725/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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
Mission HillLetcher
Snow a year38″26″
January low10°F5°F
July high87°F86°F
Growing season (days)164d140d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th45th
Outdoors & history
Mission HillLetcher
Settled1913—
National Register places32
Archive photos2—
Famous people born here—1
Community
Mission HillLetcher
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

80 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Mission HillSDLetcherSD
Mission Hill ↔ Letcher80 miles apart
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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.

Mission HillLetcher
People
Population 200Highest 171Lowest
Median age 39.6±15.6Highest 4% above SD 38.4±8.2Lowest about the SD average
Mission Hill and Letcher are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 11.5%±10Lowest SD: 24.2% 29.2%±10.4Highest SD: 24.2%
Letcher and Mission Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 13%±6.9Lowest SD: 18% 16.4%±11.3Highest SD: 18%
Letcher and Mission Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.9%Highest SD: 31.9% 17.9%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±7.1Lowest SD: 5% 11.1%±8.2Highest SD: 5%
Letcher and Mission Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $71,250±$14kLowest 5% below SD $81,042±$24kHighest 8% above SD
Letcher and Mission Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $104,200±$32kHighest 60% below SD $102,100±$18kLowest 60% below SD
Mission Hill and Letcher are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $775±$283Highest 18% below SD $725±$195Lowest 23% below SD
Mission Hill and Letcher are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,477Lowest 46% below SD $1,614Highest 41% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 29.4%±100Lowest SD: 39.8% 85.7%±78.5Highest SD: 39.8%
Letcher and Mission Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 5.5%Lowest SD: 11.9% 24%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 75%Lowest SD: 68.6% 80%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1948Lowest 32 yrs older than SD 1958Highest 22 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 18 minLowest about the SD average 21 minHighest 20% above SD
Work from home 0%±11.5Lowest SD: 9.7% 6.6%±5Highest SD: 9.7%
Letcher and Mission Hill are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.5%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 7.3 miLowest 15.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.21Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Yankton (49%)Woonsocket (19%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in LetcherFew work in Mission Hill
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.5%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 52.0Lowest 57.9Highest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Mission Hill

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Mission Hill Township111 people · $240K homes
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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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