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Bowdle is a tiny town of 475 people in Edmunds County, South Dakota. It's about 108 miles from Bismarck, ND and 313 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 22°F, with about 40 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $138k and rent runs about $783 a month.
475people
$138kTypical home
$783/moRent
83° / 22°Summer / winter
40"Snow
245Sunny days
95Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 475
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 742 people per sq mi
- 313 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 108 mi to Bismarck, ND
- 58 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $138k (≈$870/mo)
- Median rent $783/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 22°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 245 sunny days a year (72 totally clear)
- 120 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 95 days a year with rain or snow
- 40" of snow a year
- 13 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 1 day a year over 100°F
- 63 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (99 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (74 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 39
- 29% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 16 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 60 mi to ABR airport
- 316 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 206 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1965
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,995 ft
- 844 mi to the ocean
- 30 mi to a big lake
- 107 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 96 mi to the nearest ski area
- 39 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses 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
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 58 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 26% of South Dakota districts (reading)
- 33 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 55 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 22 mi to the nearest vet
- 56 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 57 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Edmunds County: R+61 in 2024
- South Dakota: R+29 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Low flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.