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%

Newell$870/mo

Typical home $141K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · or rent about $1,125/mo · Housing →

Hurley$1,910/mo

Typical home $291K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.57% · or rent about $775/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,040 a month, about $12,500 a year, between Hurley and Newell.

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

DNewellBetter than 10% of districts in the state C−HurleyBetter than 18% of districts in the state

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

NewellHurley

Snow a year40″31″

January low10°F 7°F

July high86°F 84°F

Growing season (days)144d 151d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th 46th

Outdoors & history

NewellHurley

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1910 1883

National Register places2 3

Archive photos5 4

Community

NewellHurley

Library hours a week13 hrs 20 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

330 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

NewellSD HurleySD

Newell ↔ Hurley330 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

NewellHurley

People

Population 378Lowest 394Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -3.2% SD: +8.9% —

Median age 38.5±13.8Highest about the SD average 37.9±9.1Lowest about the SD average

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

Kids under 18 22.2%±15.1Lowest SD: 24.2% 32.2%±6.2Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 18.8%±9.5Highest SD: 18% 17.3%±3.6Lowest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 29.4%Highest SD: 31.9% 25.7%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 4%±3.7Highest SD: 5% 1.5%±3.1Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $84,792±$60kHighest 13% above SD $73,750±$15kLowest about the SD average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $141,300±$39kHighest 45% below SD $111,200±$15kLowest 57% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,125±$1kHighest 19% above SD $775±$251Lowest 18% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,511Lowest 45% below SD $1,742Highest 36% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest SD: 39.8% 25%±100Highest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 6.6%Lowest SD: 11.9% 10.7%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.1%Highest SD: 68.6% 89.2%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1958Highest 22 yrs older than SD 1951Lowest 29 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 24 minLowest 34% above SD 28 minHighest 55% above SD

Work from home 15.1%±13.6Highest SD: 9.7% 8.2%±4.3Lowest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 11.4%Highest 1.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.3 miHighest 22.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.05Highest 0.28Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Belle Fourche (16%)Sioux Falls (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HurleyFew work in Newell

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 50.8Lowest 75.3Highest

Schools

School district Newell School District 09-2Viborg-Hurley School District 60-6

High school in town Newell High School - 01None in town

Students per teacherat that high school 8.3 —

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.

Newell vs Hurley

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,040 more a month in Hurley

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What daily life feels like in each

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