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%

Wakonda$1,710/mo

Typical home $261K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.57% · or rent about $807/mo · Housing →

Tabor$1,310/mo

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

The difference: $400 a month, about $4,800 a year, between Wakonda 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.

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

WakondaTabor

Snow a year31″37″

January low7°F 9°F

July high84°F 86°F

Growing season (days)151d 158d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th 46th

Outdoors & history

WakondaTabor

Settled1888 1871

National Register places2 8

Community

WakondaTabor

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

28 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WakondaTabor

Wakonda ↔ Tabor28 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

WakondaTabor

People

Population 399Highest 369Lowest

Median age 54.4±16.3Highest 43% above SD 51.3±7.4Lowest 35% above SD

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

Kids under 18 21.8%±7.8Highest SD: 24.2% 16.5%±4.6Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 36.1%±6.9Highest SD: 18% 30.1%±3.7Lowest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 20.5%Highest SD: 31.9% 16.7%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.5%±2.6Lowest SD: 5% 1.1%±3Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,250±$10kLowest 18% below SD $82,813±$12kHighest 10% above SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $107,100±$15kLowest 58% below SD $143,800±$34kHighest 44% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $807±$275Lowest 15% below SD $813±$191Highest 14% below SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,680Highest 38% below SD $1,583Lowest 42% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 73.3%±78.5Highest SD: 39.8% 42.3%±41.3Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 20.1%Highest SD: 11.9% 6%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.8%Highest SD: 68.6% 80.9%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1944Lowest 36 yrs older than SD 1956Highest 24 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest 31% above SD 19 minLowest 7% above SD

Work from home 9.4%±7.3Highest SD: 9.7% 2.5%±2.4Lowest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.2%Highest 1.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 15.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.68Highest 0.35Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Vermillion (21%)Yankton (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in TaborFew work in Wakonda

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 102Highest 77.5Lowest

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.

Wakonda vs Tabor

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $400 more a month in Wakonda

What daily life feels like in each

28 miles apart

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