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About Sioux Falls
City in South Dakota, United StatesSioux Falls ( soo FAWLZ) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of South Dakota. It is the county seat of Minnehaha County and also extends into northern Lincoln County. The population was 192,517 at the 2020 census (estimated at 209,289 in 2024). The Sioux Falls metropolitan area, with an estimated 308,000 residents, accounts for more than one-third of South Dakota's population. Chartered in 1856 on the banks of the Big Sioux River, the city is at the junction of Interstates 29 and 90.
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Housing in Sioux Falls
The typical Sioux Falls home is worth about $332,000, up 1.3% in a year, close to the South Dakota typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Sioux Falls
Safety Grade C-
Sioux Falls reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 85% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 43%.
Health in Sioux Falls
Health Grade B+
Healthier than 73% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with South Dakota
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 17 are too close to call.
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Schools in Sioux Falls
All Sioux Falls schools →School Grade C+
The public schools Sioux Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 59% 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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