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About Yankton
City in South Dakota, United StatesYankton is a city in and the county seat of Yankton County, South Dakota, United States. It became a city in 1889. The population was 15,411 at the 2020 census, making it the 7th most populous city in South Dakota, and it is the principal city of the Yankton Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the entirety of Yankton County and which had an estimated population of 23,297 as of July 1, 2021. As the first capital of Dakota Territory, it was named after the Yankton tribe of Western Dakota people; Yankton is derived from the Dakota word I-hank-ton-wan ("the end village"). Yankton is located on the Missouri River just downstream of the Gavins Point Dam and Lewis and Clark Lake, and jus…
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Housing in Yankton
The typical Yankton home is worth about $276,000, up 1.1% in a year, 14% below the South Dakota typical home.
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Safety in Yankton
Safety Grade C
Yankton reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 72% report less.
Schools in Yankton
All Yankton schools →School Grade B+
The public schools Yankton’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 70% of South Dakota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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