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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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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.
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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