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Outdoors in Lead
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1901
Lead City, South Dakota, 1901
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About Lead
City in South Dakota, United StatesLead ( LEED) is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 2,982 at the 2020 census. Lead is located in western South Dakota, in the Black Hills near the Wyoming state line.
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How Lead ranks
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Housing in Lead
The typical Lead home is worth about $388,000, down 1.7% in a year, 20% above the South Dakota typical home.
A buyer's market
Safety in Lead
Safety Grade B+
Lead reports less crime per resident than 73% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Work & commute in Lead
Full picture →Most working residents leave Lead for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Deadwood (38%), Rapid City (8%) and Spearfish (7%). Half commute less than 3 miles.
Health in Lead
Health Grade B
Healthier than 58% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with South Dakota
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 25 are too close to call.
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Natural hazards in Lead
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities.
Climate in Lead
Full climate →Lead has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 81°, a January night drops to 14°, and about 184 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Schools in Lead
All Lead schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Lead’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within SD. Ratings are from neighbors.
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