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Split Rock Township vs Sioux Falls

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: size (64.1× in Sioux Falls) and street grid (13.9× in Sioux Falls).

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Split Rock Township, SDKnown for its schoolsMinnehaha County · 3,143 people
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Sioux Falls, SDA history townSouth Dakota · 201,469 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $950 more a month in Split Rock Township

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.

Split Rock Township$3,010/mo
Typical home $500K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · or rent about $987/mo · Housing →
Sioux Falls$2,060/mo
Typical home $332K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $1,035/mo · Housing →

The difference: $950 a month, about $11,400 a year, between Split Rock Township and Sioux Falls.

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

Split Rock Township places higher on 11 of 20 SD lists

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.

Where they are

Split Rock Township and Sioux Falls share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Split Rock TownshipSioux FallsSplit Rock TownshipSioux Falls
Split Rock Township ↔ Sioux Falls7.5 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
1,327 Split Rock Township residents work in Sioux Falls (71.9% of its workers)
Work & commute in Split Rock Township →
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
Split Rock TownshipSioux Falls
Snow a year49″49″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)24th39th
Outdoors & history
Split Rock TownshipSioux Falls
Trails6 mi61 mi
Conserved land3.8%5.3%
Settled—1856
National Register places174
Community
Split Rock TownshipSioux Falls
Library hours a week—62 hrs
Colleges in town—4
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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.

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.

Split Rock TownshipSioux Falls
People
Population 3,143Lowest 201,469Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -1.5%Lowest SD: +8.9% +25.1%Highest SD: +8.9%
Median age 49.3±9.7Highest 30% above SD 35.5±0.3Lowest 7% below SD
Kids under 18 22.2%±5.2Lowest SD: 24.2% 24.4%±0.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Sioux Falls and Split Rock Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 17.1%±4.9Highest SD: 18% 14.1%±0.5Lowest SD: 18%
Split Rock Township and Sioux Falls are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 49.8%Highest SD: 31.9% 38.1%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3%±2.3Lowest SD: 5% 4.7%±0.5Highest SD: 5%
Sioux Falls and Split Rock Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $147,717±$28kHighest 97% above SD $75,970±$2kLowest about the SD average
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $499,600±$51kHighest 94% above SD $292,400±$6kLowest 14% above SD
Rentmedian gross, monthly $987±$424Lowest 4% above SD $1,035±$26Highest 9% above SD
Sioux Falls and Split Rock Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $4,741Highest 74% above SD $3,389Lowest 24% above SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 21.3%±36.1Lowest SD: 39.8% 40.7%±3.1Highest SD: 39.8%
Sioux Falls and Split Rock Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 0.6%Lowest SD: 11.9% 9.6%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 93.2%Highest SD: 68.6% 59.5%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 4 yrs newer than SD 1993Highest 13 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 19 minHighest 4% above SD 17 minLowest 4% below SD
Work from home 12.1%±5.8Highest SD: 9.7% 10.6%±0.8Lowest SD: 9.7%
Split Rock Township and Sioux Falls are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 1.2%Lowest 80.7%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 6.3 miHighest 3.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Lowest 1.30Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (72%)Brandon (1%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 72% work in Sioux FallsFew work in Split Rock Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.8%Lowest 5.3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 5.6 miLowest 60.9 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.7 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 71Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 5.2Lowest 72.4Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #4 of 34 in SD#25 of 34 in SD
School district Brandon Valley School District 49-2East Dakota Educational Cooperative · Tea Area School District 41-5
High school in town None in townLincoln High School - 02
Students per teacherat that high school — 16.5
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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