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Colonial Pine Hills is a small town of 2,609 people in Pennington County, South Dakota. It's about 6 miles from Rapid City, SD and 305 miles from Denver, CO, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 82°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 50 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $407k and rent runs about $1k a month.
2,609people
$407kTypical home
$1,120/moRent
82° / 36°Summer / winter
50"Snow
251Sunny days
126Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,609
- Part of a metro area
- About 171 people per sq mi
- 305 mi to Denver, CO
- 6 mi to Rapid City, SD
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $407k (≈$2,563/mo)
- Median rent $1,120/mo
- Median household income $99k
- Property tax about 1.1% of value
- 8.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 82°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 51°F)
- 251 sunny days a year (74 totally clear)
- 114 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 126 days a year with rain or snow
- 50" of snow a year
- 16 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 2 days a year over 100°F
- 38 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Above-average violent crime (706 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,957 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 60
- 22% of households have kids
- 29% are 65 or older
- 31% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 13 mi to RAP airport
- 295 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 261 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 78% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1990
- 91% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 4,026 ft
- 944 mi to the ocean
- 114 mi to a big lake
- 14 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 11 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 9 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 101 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 17 bars within 25 mi
- 39 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 16 museums within 25 mi
- 4 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 7 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 29% of South Dakota districts (reading)
- 5 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 9 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 43 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 8 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 7 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Pennington County: R+26 in 2024
- South Dakota: R+29 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Moderate 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
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.