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%

Sisseton$720/mo

Typical home $109K (Census) · tax rate 1.60% · or rent about $596/mo · Housing →

North Eagle Butte$220/mo

Typical home $33K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $727/mo · Housing →

The difference: $490 a month, about $5,900 a year, between Sisseton and North Eagle Butte.

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.

Safety

B−SissetonSafer than 52% of U.S. towns –North Eagle ButteNot graded

Schools

C−SissetonBetter than 16% of districts in the state –North Eagle ButteNot graded

Health

DSissetonHealthier than 6% of U.S. towns D−North 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

SissetonNorth Eagle Butte

Snow a year48″37″

January low5°F —

July high82°F —

Growing season (days)151d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)73rd 14th

Outdoors & history

SissetonNorth Eagle Butte

Trails—2 mi

Conserved land—0%

Settled1907 —

National Register places4 —

Archive photos12 1

Community

SissetonNorth Eagle Butte

Library hours a week42 hrs —

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined1 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

208 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SissetonSD North Eagle ButteSD

Sisseton ↔ North Eagle Butte208 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

SissetonNorth Eagle Butte

People

Population 2,670Highest 1,481Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.4%Highest SD: +8.9% -3.8%Lowest SD: +8.9%

Median age 34.2±4Highest 10% below SD 23.7±2.2Lowest 38% below SD

Kids under 18 30.9%±4.4Lowest SD: 24.2% 37.3%±5.9Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 20%±2.6Highest SD: 18% 8.7%±2.2Lowest SD: 18%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21.8%Highest SD: 31.9% 10%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±1.5Highest SD: 5% 2.4%±2.2Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $48,875±$3kHighest 35% below SD $34,358±$5kLowest 54% below SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $109,200±$23kHighest 58% below SD $33,100±$9kLowest 87% below SD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $596±$65Lowest 37% below SD $727±$163Highest 23% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,747 36% below SD —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 36.2%±12.1Highest SD: 39.8% 29.1%±14.1Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 18.7%Lowest SD: 11.9% 52.6%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 50.9%Highest SD: 68.6% 41.4%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1959Lowest 21 yrs older than SD 1975Highest 5 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 34% below SD 12 minHighest 31% below SD

Work from home 5.7%±3.8Lowest SD: 9.7% 8.4%±7.8Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 50.7%Lowest 52.9%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.8 miHighest 0.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.62Lowest 2.30Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Greendale Township (6%)Eagle Butte (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in North Eagle ButteFew work in Sisseton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 2.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 120Highest 10.1Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #28 of 34 in SD—

School district Sisseton School District 54-2—

High school in town Sisseton High School - 01—

Students per teacherat that high school 14.8 —

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Sisseton vs North Eagle Butte

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $490 more a month in Sisseton

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

208 miles apart

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