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%

Tabor$1,310/mo

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

Florence$3,230/mo

Typical home $526K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.08% · or rent about $817/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,920 a month, about $23,000 a year, between Florence and Tabor.

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.

Schools

–TaborNot graded CFlorenceBetter than 31% of districts in the state

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

TaborFlorence

Snow a year37″32″

January low9°F 2°F

July high86°F 82°F

Growing season (days)158d 143d

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

Outdoors & history

TaborFlorence

Settled1871 —

National Register places8 1

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—1

Community

TaborFlorence

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

147 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TaborSD FlorenceSD

Tabor ↔ Florence147 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

TaborFlorence

People

Population 369Highest 317Lowest

Median age 51.3±7.4 35% above SD 51.3±16 35% above SD

Kids under 18 16.5%±4.6Lowest SD: 24.2% 23.3%±2.8Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 30.1%±3.7Highest SD: 18% 22.1%±4.7Lowest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.7%Highest SD: 31.9% 8%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.1%±3Highest SD: 5% 0%±4.5Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $82,813±$12kHighest 10% above SD $75,909±$9kLowest about the SD average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $143,800±$34kLowest 44% below SD $158,700±$14kHighest 38% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $813±$191Lowest 14% below SD $817±$186Highest 14% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,583Lowest 42% below SD $1,708Highest 37% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.3%±41.3Highest SD: 39.8% 5.9%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 6%Lowest SD: 11.9% 9.8%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.9%Lowest SD: 68.6% 85.5%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956Lowest 24 yrs older than SD 1982Highest 2 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minLowest 7% above SD 25 minHighest 41% above SD

Work from home 2.5%±2.4Lowest SD: 9.7% 4%±3.7Highest SD: 9.7%

Florence 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%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Highest 0.33Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Yankton (22%)Watertown (52%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in FlorenceFew work in Tabor

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

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 77.5Highest 60.5Lowest

Schools

School district —Florence School District 14-1

High school in town —Florence High School - 01

Students per teacherat that high school — 10.9

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

Deciding?

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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.

Tabor vs Florence

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,920 more a month in Florence

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