Green ValleySD
With 1,642 residents, it is a town in South Dakota.
Is Green Valley a good place to live?
Green Valley’s best subject grades are a B+ for incomes and health; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Green Valley’s average commute is 38 minutes, above both South Dakota’s towns (17 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). No town in South Dakota scores lower than Green Valley on walkability. Green Valley's public schools trail 70% of South Dakota towns on state tests and graduation. No town in South Dakota scores lower than Green Valley on the outdoors. Green Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Green Valley for work
Where Green Valley’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Green Valley grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Dakota), ordered by how far Green Valley is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Green Valley: who provides what
Green Valley is unincorporated, so Pennington 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Green Valley.
About three in four of Green Valley’s working residents commute to Rapid City
Among 36 South Dakota towns, just 3 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Green Valley. Jobs based in Green Valley grew to 42 in 2023, 22 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Rapid City (74%), Box Elder (4%) and Sioux Falls (4%). For half of commuters, work is under 6 miles away.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Green Valley is healthier than two in three U.S. towns
Green Valley: 13% of adults report frequent physical distress. 32% of adults in Green Valley sleep under 7 hours; 15% report frequent mental distress.
| Green Valley | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Green Valley’s year
The peak summer temperature for Green Valley comes to 87°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Green Valley has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Compared with 60% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Green Valley is higher. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 31% come from inland flooding and 21% from wildfires.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Mount Rushmore National Memorial and 16 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Valley. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi National MemorialMount Rushmore National Memorial1.9M visitors a year
Big draw29 mi LandmarkCrazy Horse Memorial
Big draw29 mi National ParkBadlands National Park1.1M visitors a year
24 mi MountainBlack Elk Peak
25 mi State parkCuster State Park
31 mi National ParkWind Cave National Park606K visitors a yearPhoto credits
Mount Rushmore National Memorial: Thomas Wolf, www.foto-tw.de, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Crazy Horse Memorial: Jeffreylcooke, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Badlands National Park: Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Black Elk Peak: BHrock at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Custer State Park: Guimir, Public domain · Wind Cave National Park: USGS/USGov, Public domain
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Everything we know about Green Valley
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Green Valley
About 11 of every 100 Green Valley residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
About Green Valley
CDP in South Dakota, United States
Green Valley is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Pennington County, South Dakota, United States. The population was 1,051 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 3.8 sq mi
- Area code
- 605
Green Valley’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Green Valley.
| Town | SD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Valley | — | — | B− | — | C | B+ |
| Rapid Valley | #20 | B− | B− | — | C | B+ |
Green Valley has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Green Valley and Rapid Valley report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Green Valley with a neighbor →
Questions about Green Valley
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Green Valley, SD expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.