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%

Pukwana$620/mo

Typical home $100K (Census) · tax rate 1.18% · or rent about $1,063/mo · Housing →

Tabor$1,310/mo

Typical home $213K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.10% · or rent about $813/mo · Housing →

The difference: $690 a month, about $8,300 a year, between Tabor and Pukwana.

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

PukwanaTabor

Snow a year43″37″

January low9°F 9°F

July high87°F 86°F

Growing season (days)156d 158d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th 46th

Outdoors & history

PukwanaTabor

Trails0 mi —

Conserved land21.3%—

Settled1881 1871

National Register places1 8

Community

PukwanaTabor

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

96 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PukwanaSD TaborSD

Pukwana ↔ Tabor96 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

PukwanaTabor

People

Population 300Lowest 369Highest

Median age 52.3±14.7Highest 38% above SD 51.3±7.4Lowest 35% above SD

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

Kids under 18 17.3%±9.4Highest SD: 24.2% 16.5%±4.6Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 19.7%±9.7Lowest SD: 18% 30.1%±3.7Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.4%Lowest SD: 31.9% 16.7%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±4.7Lowest SD: 5% 1.1%±3Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $63,750±$28kLowest 15% below SD $82,813±$12kHighest 10% above SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $100,000±$71kLowest 61% below SD $143,800±$34kHighest 44% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,063±$126Highest 12% above SD $813±$191Lowest 14% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,175Lowest 57% below SD $1,583Highest 42% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 52.2%±65.4Highest SD: 39.8% 42.3%±41.3Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 2.3%Lowest SD: 11.9% 6%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 81.9%Highest SD: 68.6% 80.9%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Highest 12 yrs older than SD 1956Lowest 24 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 15 minLowest 16% below SD 19 minHighest 7% above SD

Work from home 5.8%±6.6Highest SD: 9.7% 2.5%±2.4Lowest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.8% 1.8%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.8 miLowest 15.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Lowest 0.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Kimball (23%)Yankton (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TaborFew work in Pukwana

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21.3%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 33.9Lowest 77.5Highest

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.

Pukwana vs Tabor

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $690 more a month in Tabor

What daily life feels like in each

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