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%

Tulare$1,580/mo

Typical home $247K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $633/mo · Housing →

Geddes$540/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · Housing →

The difference: $1,040 a month, about $12,500 a year, between Tulare and Geddes.

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

C−TulareBetter than 18% of districts in the state –GeddesNot graded

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

TulareGeddes

Snow a year—46″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)30th 51st

Outdoors & history

TulareGeddes

Settled1883 1900

National Register places1 1

Archive photos—4

Community

TulareGeddes

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

103 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

TulareSD GeddesSD

Tulare ↔ Geddes103 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

TulareGeddes

People

Population 175Highest 158Lowest

Median age 55.9±6.1Lowest 47% above SD 58.8±21.5Highest 55% above SD

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

Kids under 18 18.9%±13.5Highest SD: 24.2% 17.1%±10.1Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 36.6%±16.4Lowest SD: 18% 38.6%±11.3Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27%Highest SD: 31.9% 21%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±6.6Lowest SD: 5% 2.5%±3.1Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,833±$17kHighest 19% below SD $60,000±$20kLowest 20% below SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $84,300±$20kLowest 67% below SD $88,100±$20kHighest 66% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $633±$109 33% below SD —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,192Highest 56% below SD $933Lowest 66% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 37.5%±100Lowest SD: 39.8% 40%±100Highest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 19.4%Highest SD: 11.9% 3.8%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.4%Highest SD: 68.6% 88.1%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1955Highest 25 yrs older than SD 1952Lowest 28 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 13 minLowest 29% below SD 23 minHighest 28% above SD

Work from home 4.9%±4.5Lowest SD: 9.7% 5.1%±6Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.6%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.8 miHighest 12.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.55Lowest 0.56Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Redfield (16%)Platte (39%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in GeddesFew work in Tulare

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 108Highest 73.8Lowest

Schools

School district Hitchcock Tulare School District 56-6—

High school in town Hitchcock-Tulare High School - 01—

Students per teacherat that high school 8.2 —

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.

Tulare vs Geddes

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $1,040 more a month in Tulare

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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