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%

Winner$1,170/mo

Typical home $188K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $770/mo · Housing →

Lamro Township$1,370/mo

Typical home $231K (Census) · tax rate 0.79% · Housing →

The difference: $200 a month, about $2,300 a year, between Lamro Township and Winner.

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.

Where they are

Winner and Lamro Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

WinnerLamro Township

Winner ↔ Lamro Township1.7 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

81 Lamro Township residents work in Winner (47.4% of its workers)

51 Winner residents work in Lamro Township (4% of its workers)

Work & commute in Lamro Township →

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.

Safety

B+WinnerSafer than 69% of U.S. towns –Lamro TownshipNot graded

Schools

C+WinnerBetter than 39% of districts in the state –Lamro TownshipNot graded

Health

DWinnerHealthier than 15% of U.S. towns –Lamro TownshipNot 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

WinnerLamro Township

Snow a year49″49″

January low13°F 13°F

July high90°F 90°F

Growing season (days)159d 159d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)42nd 42nd

Outdoors & history

WinnerLamro Township

Trails0 mi 15 mi

Conserved land3.3%1.5%

Settled1909 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

WinnerLamro Township

Library hours a week42 hrs —

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.

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

WinnerLamro Township

People

Population 2,905Highest 286Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +0.8% SD: +8.9% —

Median age 43.6±3.3Lowest 15% above SD 52.5±26.4Highest 38% above SD

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

Kids under 18 23.9%±5Highest SD: 24.2% 19.2%±15.3Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 21.8%±4.8Lowest SD: 18% 27.6%±12.8Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.4%Lowest SD: 31.9% 23.4%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.4%±0.8Highest SD: 5% 0%±4.9Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $47,381±$12kLowest 37% below SD $119,375±$37kHighest 59% above SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $106,100±$41kLowest 59% below SD $231,300±$104kHighest 10% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $770±$246 19% below SD —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,236Lowest 55% below SD $1,833Highest 33% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 69.6%±15.1Highest SD: 39.8% 66.7%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 28.2%Highest SD: 11.9% 1%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 62.2%Lowest SD: 68.6% 97.3%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1967Lowest 13 yrs older than SD 1986Highest 6 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 12 minLowest 34% below SD 16 minHighest 12% below SD

Work from home 1.6%±1.8Lowest SD: 9.7% 14.6%±20.1Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 51.6%Highest 1.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 1.3 miLowest 4.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.10Highest 0.68Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lamro Township (4%)Winner (47%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 4% work in Lamro Township47% work in Winner

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 3.3%Highest 1.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 15.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 99.2Highest 1.8Lowest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading #24 of 34 in SD—

School district Winner School District 59-2—

High school in town Winner High School - 01—

Students per teacherat that high school 15.1 —

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.

Winner vs Lamro Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $200 more a month in Lamro Township

Winner and Lamro Township share a border

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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