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Lemmon is a small town of 1,208 people in Perkins County, South Dakota. It's about 90 miles from Bismarck, ND and 436 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 87°F and winter highs 29°F, with about 42 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $86k and rent runs about $672 a month.
1,208people
$86kTypical home
$672/moRent
87° / 29°Summer / winter
42"Snow
256Sunny days
73Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,208
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,100 people per sq mi
- 436 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 90 mi to Bismarck, ND
- 73 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $86k (≈$544/mo)
- Median rent $672/mo
- Median household income $50k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 87°F
- Winter highs around 29°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
- 73 days a year with rain or snow
- 42" of snow a year
- 15 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- 3 days a year over 100°F
- 50 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 46
- 24% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 11 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 67 mi to DIK airport
- 439 mi to DEN (major hub)
- 262 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1961
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 2,566 ft
- 856 mi to the ocean
- 72 mi to a big lake
- 15 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 83 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 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
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 88 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 45% of South Dakota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 25 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 92 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 64 mi to the nearest vet
- 71 mi to the nearest dog park
- 20 congregations per 10k people
- 72 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