Bon Homme ColonySD
A town in South Dakota.
Is Bon Homme Colony a good place to live?
Bon Homme Hutterite Colony and Thompson House is on the National Register of Historic Places. We don’t grade Bon Homme Colony yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Bon Homme Colony for work
Where Bon Homme Colony’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Bon Homme Colony.
Most of Bon Homme Colony’s workers leave town for work
Half of commuters travel less than 17 miles. The top destinations are Yankton (22%), Tyndall (20%) and Scotland (18%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutterische Colony Elementary - 18Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 30 | D |
NCES · EDFacts
In Bon Homme Colony, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 87°, January nights drop to 10° and about 37 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Bon Homme Colony is
Bon Homme Colony: 73% of adults had a checkup this year, below both the South Dakota town median (76%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). Against the South Dakota average, Bon Homme Colony comes out ahead on 7 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 3. Just over a fifth of Bon Homme Colony adults binge drink. Among 36 South Dakota towns, just 2 have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Bon Homme Colony.
| Bon Homme Colony | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 31% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 76% | 79% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 10% | 12% |
| What stands out | Bon Homme Colony | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.5% | 6.8% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 8.1% | 11.7% |
| Fewer adults screened for colon cancer | 55.6% | 65.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Bon Homme Colony: inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 54% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 27% of Bon Homme Colony’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 24% to drought.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Bon Homme Colony
Moving to Bon Homme Colony: who provides what
Bon Homme Colony is unincorporated, so Bon Homme County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Bon Homme Colony
About Bon Homme Colony
Census-designated place in South Dakota, United States
Bon Homme Colony is a census-designated place (CDP) in Bon Homme County, South Dakota, United States, comprising the Bon Homme Hutterite Colony. The population was 97 at the 2020 census. It was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census. It is in the southeast corner of the county, on the north shore of Lewis and Clark Lake, a reservoir on the Missouri River. It is 9 miles (14 km) south of Tabor.
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