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%

Mission$430/mo

Typical home $66K (Census) · tax rate 1.46% · or rent about $432/mo · Housing →

Eagle Butte$420/mo

Typical home $66K (Census) · tax rate 1.32% · or rent about $611/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.

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.

Schools

–MissionNot graded DEagle ButteBetter than 5% of districts in the state

Health

D−MissionHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns D−Eagle ButteHealthier than under 1% of U.S. towns

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

MissionEagle Butte

Snow a year42″37″

January low12°F —

July high87°F —

Growing season (days)146d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)70th 14th

Outdoors & history

MissionEagle Butte

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land0%—

Settled1915 1911

Archive photos10 —

Community

MissionEagle Butte

Library hours a week—15 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

120 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MissionSD Eagle ButteSD

Mission ↔ Eagle Butte120 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

MissionEagle Butte

People

Population 1,539Highest 1,458Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.2%Highest SD: +8.9% -4.6%Lowest SD: +8.9%

Median age 24.9±3.6Lowest 34% below SD 28±2.5Highest 26% below SD

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

Kids under 18 37.4%±11.5Lowest SD: 24.2% 39.4%±3Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 6.4%±2.1Highest SD: 18% 5.8%±2.5Lowest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.9%Lowest SD: 31.9% 15.3%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6%±3.2Highest SD: 5% 4.1%±2Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $45,741±$14k 39% below SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $65,900±$17k 74% below SD $65,900±$33k 74% below SD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $432±$107Lowest 54% below SD $611±$106Highest 35% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $962Highest 65% below SD $867Lowest 68% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.2%±8.5Highest SD: 39.8% 43%±9.6Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 44%Highest SD: 11.9% 31.8%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.4%Lowest SD: 68.6% 51.9%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1992Highest 12 yrs newer than SD 1991Lowest 11 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minHighest 21% below SD 10 minLowest 43% below SD

Work from home 0%±2.1Lowest SD: 9.7% 4.3%±4.7Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 27%Highest 19.9%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miHighest 1.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 2.64Highest 1.53Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Two Strike (18%)North Eagle Butte (40%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eagle ButteFew work in Mission

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 123Highest 43.6Lowest

Schools

School district —Eagle Butte School District 20-1

High school in town —Eagle Butte High School - 01

Students per teacherat that high school — 0.6

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

Deciding?

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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.

Mission vs Eagle Butte

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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