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Ipswich is a small town of 1,048 people in Edmunds County, South Dakota. It's about 126 miles from Bismarck, ND and 282 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 24°F, with about 34 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $165k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,048people
$165kTypical home
$1,053/moRent
84° / 24°Summer / winter
34"Snow
245Sunny days
65Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,048
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 782 people per sq mi
- 282 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 126 mi to Bismarck, ND
- 27 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $165k (≈$1,039/mo)
- Median rent $1,053/mo
- Median household income $74k
- Property tax about 1.0% of value
- 0.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 24°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 245 sunny days a year (72 totally clear)
- 120 cloudy days a year
- 38 of 90 winter days are gray
- 65 days a year with rain or snow
- 34" of snow a year
- 14 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 67 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 35
- 30% of households have kids
- 22% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 20 min
- 9% walk or take transit to work
- 29 mi to ABR airport
- 286 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 180 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 90% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,529 ft
- 835 mi to the ocean
- 60 mi to a big lake
- 100 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 92 mi to the nearest ski area
- 21 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 21 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- 8 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- No museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 28 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 9% of South Dakota districts (reading)
- 26 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 24 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 29 mi to the nearest vet
- 26 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 27 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