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Eagle Butte is a small town of 1,458 people in Dewey County, South Dakota. It's about 117 miles from Rapid City, SD and 389 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 37 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $66k and rent runs about $611 a month.
1,458people
$66kTypical home
$611/moRent
87° / 29°Summer / winter
37"Snow
251Sunny days
55Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,458
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,070 people per sq mi
- 389 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 117 mi to Rapid City, SD
- 62 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $66k (≈$416/mo)
- Median rent $611/mo
- Median household income $46k
- Property tax about 1.3% of value
- 22.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 29°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 251 sunny days a year (78 totally clear)
- 114 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 55 days a year with rain or snow
- 37" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 5 days a year over 100°F
- 49 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
People
- Median age 28
- 49% of households have kids
- 7% are 65 or older
- 16% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 63 mi to PIR airport
- 371 mi to OMA (major hub)
- 288 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1991
- 85% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 2,421 ft
- 899 mi to the ocean
- 16 mi to a big lake
- 67 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 115 mi to the nearest ski area
- 54 mi to the nearest campground
- No 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
- 61 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 8% of South Dakota districts (reading)
- 19 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 128 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 40 mi to the nearest vet
- 62 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 116 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Dewey County: D+13 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
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk