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White vs Stickney

107 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (3.8× in Stickney) and age 65+ (+12.4 pts in Stickney).

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White, SDA small town of 484South Dakota · 484 people
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Stickney, SDKnown for its schoolsSouth Dakota · 284 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

WhiteA small town of 484
Quiet strengthsWhite doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about White →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $1,360 more a month in White

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.

White$2,180/mo
Typical home $330K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.61% · or rent about $693/mo · Housing →
Stickney$820/mo
Typical home $132K (Census) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $839/mo · Housing →

The difference: $1,360 a month, about $16,300 a year, between White and Stickney.

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.

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
WhiteStickney
Snow a year36″38″
January low4°F8°F
July high81°F86°F
Growing season (days)145d153d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th48th
Outdoors & history
WhiteStickney
Settled—1905
National Register places—2
Community
WhiteStickney
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

107 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

White ↔ Stickney107 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.

WhiteStickney
People
Population 484Highest 284Lowest
Median age 33.2±8.8Lowest 13% below SD 35.5±7Highest 7% below SD
Stickney and White are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 24.4%±4.5Lowest SD: 24.2% 26.4%±5.9Highest SD: 24.2%
Stickney and White are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 10.1%±3.7Lowest SD: 18% 22.5%±5.1Highest SD: 18%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.5%Lowest SD: 31.9% 31.6%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.9%±2.4 SD: 5% 3.9%±5.4 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $67,639±$21kHighest 10% below SD $59,750±$22kLowest 20% below SD
White and Stickney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $128,800±$19kLowest 50% below SD $131,600±$37kHighest 49% below SD
Stickney and White are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly $693±$109Lowest 27% below SD $839±$160Highest 11% below SD
Stickney and White are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,074Highest 24% below SD $1,525Lowest 44% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 22.2%±33.8Highest SD: 39.8% 17.2%±50Lowest SD: 39.8%
White and Stickney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 4.1%Lowest SD: 11.9% 13.7%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 74%Lowest SD: 68.6% 75.9%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1975Highest 5 yrs older than SD 1955Lowest 25 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 52% above SD 20 minLowest 10% above SD
Work from home 8.5%±4Highest SD: 9.7% 3.8%±3.7Lowest SD: 9.7%
White and Stickney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 2.3%Highest 1.3%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.30Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Brookings (52%)Mitchell (22%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in StickneyFew work in White
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%
Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 43.4Lowest 166Highest
Schools
School district Deubrook Area School District 05-6Corsica-Stickney 21-3
High school in town Deubrook High School - 01None in town
Students per teacherat that high school 11.4 —
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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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.

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