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Bison is a tiny town of 406 people in Perkins County, South Dakota. It's about 107 miles from Rapid City, SD and 417 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 86°F and winter highs 30°F, with about 40 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $82k and rent runs about $932 a month.
406people
$82kTypical home
$932/moRent
86° / 30°Summer / winter
40"Snow
256Sunny days
57Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 406
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 409 people per sq mi
- 417 mi to Denver, CO
- 107 mi to Rapid City, SD
- 96 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $82k (≈$517/mo)
- Median rent $932/mo
- Median household income $72k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 86°F
- Winter highs around 30°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 52°F)
- 256 sunny days a year (82 totally clear)
- 109 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 57 days a year with rain or snow
- 40" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 49 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (0 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (500 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 43
- 26% of households have kids
- 26% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 89 mi to DIK airport
- 407 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 270 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 72% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,779 ft
- 888 mi to the ocean
- 82 mi to a big lake
- 20 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 106 mi to the nearest ski area
- 18 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- Few or no sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 106 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 34% of South Dakota districts (reading)
- 32 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 39 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 103 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 41 mi to the nearest vet
- 93 mi to the nearest dog park
- 20 congregations per 10k people
- 95 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Perkins County: R+70 in 2024
- South Dakota: R+29 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Moderate drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk