Town Hall · Oak Lake

Oak Lake, SD town hall & government

Oak Lake spent $3,000 in the year to February 28, 2024, about $31 per resident.

Where the money goes, where it comes from, property taxes, and how to reach Oak Lake's government.

Town budget

Where Oak Lake's money goes

Spent
$3,000
fiscal year to February 28, 2024
Per resident
$31
spending per person
Long-term debt
None
none outstanding at year end
Fire
$3,000100%

Where the money comes from

  • Property taxes 100%

Revenue here is well above spending. That usually means Oak Lake collects property taxes for the school district and county and passes them on, so only its own spending is counted above.

Town workforce · Census estimate

Who works for Oak Lake

Full-time staff
0
5 part-time too
Administration & buildings
0 full-time5 part

Staff on the town's payroll in March 2022. Pay is March payroll times twelve, so it's approximate. Oak Lake didn't report its staffing to the Census Bureau, so these are the Bureau's estimates.

Schools · school year 2023–24

Deubrook School District 05-6

Oak Lake's K–12 school district, shared with Astoria, Lake Hendricks, Toronto, White, Scandinavia and Argo. It is its own government, with a budget separate from the town's.

Spending per pupil
$12,784
South Dakota: $13,040
Students
417
in the whole district
Long-term debt
$3 million
at year end

Where the district's money comes from South Dakota districts overall: 50% local, 31% state, 19% federal

  • Local 58%
  • State 34%
  • Federal 8%

Of the $12,784 per pupil, $7,595 goes to classroom instruction (teachers, aides, supplies); the rest to support services such as buses, buildings, counselors and administration. Building projects and debt payments aren't in the per-pupil figure.

Property tax

What homeowners in Oak Lake pay

Typical tax bill
$1,866
a year · South Dakota typical $2,724
Effective rate
0.67%
of home value · South Dakota 1.06%
Typical home value
$277,700
owner-occupied

The median yearly bill homeowners report, covering every local property tax on the home (town, schools, county). The effective rate is that bill divided by the median home value, so it's a rough guide, not the official tax rate. In a town this small the survey estimate has a wide margin.

Local

Contact Oak Lake's government

Town hall & decisions in Oak Lake →

Beyond town hall

Who represents Oak Lake

Oak Lake is represented in Congress by Senators John Thune and Mike Rounds and Representative Dusty Johnson. Larry Rhoden is governor.

All of Oak Lake's representatives, with contacts →

Budget: U.S. Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Finance (every city and town government's revenue, spending and debt, grouped into plain categories). Property tax: Census American Community Survey, 5-year estimates.

You’re browsing

Oak Lake

South Dakota · SD · Brookings County
View town boundary →
Township / city / CDP overlaps possible.
Loading boundary…

Oak Lake is your selected town. The feed includes posts assigned to this town, not a distance radius or ZIP code.

Neighborhoods narrow the feed further, while townwide announcements, events, and issues remain visible.

Boundary source: https://tigerweb.geo.census.gov/arcgis/rest/services/TIGERweb/Places_CouSub_ConCity_SubMCD/MapServer/15 · 2025-01-01