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%

Sturgis$2,350/mo

Typical home $377K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.19% · or rent about $780/mo · Housing →

Huron$1,130/mo

Typical home $181K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $888/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,220 a month, about $14,600 a year, between Sturgis and Huron.

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

C−SturgisSafer than 23% of U.S. towns CHuronSafer than 34% of U.S. towns

Schools

B−SturgisBetter than 51% of districts in the state CHuronBetter than 25% of districts in the state

Health

BSturgisHealthier than 61% of U.S. towns C+HuronHealthier than 35% of U.S. towns

11Sturgis

11Huron

Lists won, of 22 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Best schoolsSchools · 34 towns #10#32 Lowest depressionHealth · 37 towns #31#8 Lowest obesityHealth · 37 towns #4#23 Most affordableCost of living · 37 towns #23#5 Lowest property taxCost of living · 37 towns #23#5 Most conserved landOutdoors · 33 towns #9#25 Most trailsOutdoors · 27 towns #22#9 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 37 towns #20#37

Left end = #1 in South Dakota. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Sturgis’s rankings →

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

SturgisHuron

Snow a year48″44″

January low15°F 6°F

July high86°F 86°F

Growing season (days)147d 146d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)78th 55th

Outdoors & history

SturgisHuron

Trails3 mi 10 mi

Conserved land5.6%1.7%

Settled1878 1883

National Register places8 9

Archive photos—6

Famous people born here—32

Community

SturgisHuron

Library hours a week57 hrs 58 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

261 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

SturgisSD HuronSD

Sturgis ↔ Huron261 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

SturgisHuron

People

Population 7,086Lowest 14,385Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.9%Lowest SD: +8.9% +13.3%Highest SD: +8.9%

Median age 40.3±3.3Highest 6% above SD 36.1±1.9Lowest 5% below SD

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

Kids under 18 22%±4Lowest SD: 24.2% 28.7%±3.2Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 19.4%±3.3Highest SD: 18% 17.4%±1.9Lowest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.4%Lowest SD: 31.9% 27%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.5Lowest SD: 5% 3.7%±1.4Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $54,404±$9kLowest 28% below SD $61,452±$11kHighest 18% below SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,200±$30kHighest 5% above SD $159,000±$17kLowest 38% below SD

Rentmedian gross, monthly $780±$214Lowest 18% below SD $888±$59Highest 6% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,222Highest 18% above SD $1,926Lowest 29% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 41%±17.3Lowest SD: 39.8% 41.2%±10.6Highest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 9.2%Lowest SD: 11.9% 16.1%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 66.9%Lowest SD: 68.6% 68.3%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1976Highest 4 yrs older than SD 1960Lowest 20 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 18 minHighest about the SD average 12 minLowest 33% below SD

Work from home 2%±1.4Lowest SD: 9.7% 5.3%±2Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 32.5%Lowest 56.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 12.3 miHighest 2.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.84Lowest 1.03Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Rapid City (20%)Alpena (6%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in HuronFew work in Sturgis

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 5.6%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.5 miLowest 10.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 0.9 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 58.3Lowest 62.3Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #10 of 34 in SD #32 of 34 in SD

School district Meade School District 46-1Huron School District 02-2

High school in town Sturgis Brown High School - 01Huron High School - 01

Students per teacherat that high school 17.6Lowest 18.9Highest

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.

Sturgis vs Huron

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,220 more a month in Sturgis

Grades and rankings, side by side

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