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 →

Pukwana$620/mo

Typical home $100K (Census) · tax rate 1.18% · or rent about $1,063/mo · Housing →

The difference: $690 a month, about $8,300 a year, between Tabor and Pukwana.

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

TaborPukwana

Snow a year37″43″

January low9°F 9°F

July high86°F 87°F

Growing season (days)158d 156d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 65th

Outdoors & history

TaborPukwana

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—21.3%

Settled1871 1881

National Register places8 1

Community

TaborPukwana

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

96 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TaborSD PukwanaSD

Tabor ↔ Pukwana96 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

TaborPukwana

People

Population 369Highest 300Lowest

Median age 51.3±7.4Lowest 35% above SD 52.3±14.7Highest 38% above SD

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

Kids under 18 16.5%±4.6Lowest SD: 24.2% 17.3%±9.4Highest SD: 24.2%

Pukwana 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% 19.7%±9.7Lowest SD: 18%

Tabor and Pukwana 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% 13.4%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.1%±3Highest SD: 5% 0%±4.7Lowest SD: 5%

Tabor and Pukwana 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 $63,750±$28kLowest 15% below SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $143,800±$34kHighest 44% below SD $100,000±$71kLowest 61% below SD

Tabor and Pukwana 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 $1,063±$126Highest 12% above SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,583Highest 42% below SD $1,175Lowest 57% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 42.3%±41.3Lowest SD: 39.8% 52.2%±65.4Highest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 6%Highest SD: 11.9% 2.3%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 80.9%Lowest SD: 68.6% 81.9%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1956Lowest 24 yrs older than SD 1968Highest 12 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 19 minHighest 7% above SD 15 minLowest 16% below SD

Work from home 2.5%±2.4Lowest SD: 9.7% 5.8%±6.6Highest SD: 9.7%

Pukwana 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% 1.8%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miHighest 11.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.35Highest 0.13Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Yankton (22%)Kimball (23%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 21.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.5Highest 33.9Lowest

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.

Tabor vs Pukwana

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $690 more a month in Tabor

What daily life feels like in each

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