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Outdoors in Tea
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About Tea
City in South Dakota, United StatesTea is an incorporated city in Lincoln County, South Dakota, United States and is a suburb of Sioux Falls. The population was 5,598 at the 2020 census, and was estimated at 7,699 in 2024. Tea was laid out in 1894. The name "Tea" was selected on account of its brevity and is said to have no significance.
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How Tea ranks
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Housing in Tea
The typical Tea home is worth about $389,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% above the South Dakota typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Tea
Safety Grade B
Tea reports less crime per resident than 59% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Health in Tea
Health Grade A
Healthier than 90% of U.S. towns on seven CDC estimates.
Compared with South Dakota
of 26 measures CDC estimates. The other 10 are too close to call.
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Schools in Tea
All Tea schools →School Grade A-
The public schools Tea’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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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