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%

Ramona$520/mo

Typical home $86K (Census) · tax rate 0.93% · or rent about $675/mo · Housing →

Chancellor$2,540/mo

Typical home $409K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $742/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,020 a month, about $24,300 a year, between Chancellor and Ramona.

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

RamonaChancellor

Snow a year37″45″

January low5°F 9°F

July high83°F 85°F

Growing season (days)148d 157d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st 49th

Outdoors & history

RamonaChancellor

Settled1886 1895

National Register places1 —

Community

RamonaChancellor

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

53 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

RamonaSD ChancellorSD

Ramona ↔ Chancellor53 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

RamonaChancellor

People

Population 538Highest 421Lowest

Median age 30.9±2.1Highest 19% below SD 25.5±3Lowest 33% below SD

Kids under 18 33.1%±9.5Lowest SD: 24.2% 34.4%±0.6Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 9.1%±2.6Lowest SD: 18% 11.4%±4.4Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.7%Highest SD: 31.9% 10.9%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.7%±2.2Lowest SD: 5% 2.4%±3.3Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $78,750±$51kHighest 5% above SD $66,563±$13kLowest 11% below SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $85,800±$49kLowest 67% below SD $139,800±$27kHighest 46% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $675±$122Lowest 29% below SD $742±$421Highest 22% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $800Lowest 71% below SD $1,625Highest 40% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest SD: 39.8% 27.6%±37.1Highest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 26.2%Highest SD: 11.9% 8%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.4%Highest SD: 68.6% 74.8%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 10 yrs older than SD 1961Lowest 19 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 16 minLowest 12% below SD 29 minHighest 63% above SD

Work from home 0.3%±1Lowest SD: 9.7% 2.8%±3.3Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.4%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 25.3 miHighest 16.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.70Highest 0.57Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Madison (33%)Sioux Falls (36%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ChancellorFew work in Ramona

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.6%Highest 0%Lowest

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 91.5Lowest 136Highest

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.

Ramona vs Chancellor

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $2,020 more a month in Chancellor

What daily life feels like in each

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