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Towns with the highest incomes in South Dakota

Split Rock Township has the highest median household income of South Dakota’s 35 towns of 2,500+: $147,717 a year (Census ACS 2020–2024). The typical town here is at $71,908; 8 of the 35 top $100,000.

Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024: median household income. Each figure is an estimate with a margin of error (in the row); towns whose ranges overlap may not truly differ. The survey reports incomes over $250,000 only as “$250,000+”. A described list: no letters. How grades work

#1

Split Rock Township

Minnehaha County · 3,086 people
$147,717

Median household income·±$28,190 margin·0.6% in poverty

All 35 towns

Median household income, highest first.

35 towns ranked. Not here? See why a town may be missing.

#TownMedian household incomeMargin (±)In poverty
1Split Rock TownshipMinnehaha County · 3,086 people$147,717$28,1900.6%of residents
2Dakota Dunesunincorporated, Union County · 3,936 people$136,125$39,9772.4%of residents
3Big Sioux TownshipUnion County · 5,152 people$128,005$20,9373.2%of residents
4TeaLincoln County · 8,019 people$120,139$19,2874.7%of residents
5SummersetMeade County · 3,030 people$119,271$14,3958.6%of residents
6BrandonMinnehaha County · 11,306 people$110,806$10,3461.4%of residents
7HarrisburgLincoln County · 10,405 people$108,724$12,1780.5%of residents
8Dell RapidsMinnehaha County · 3,852 people$100,170$16,6419.4%of residents
9HartfordMinnehaha County · 3,635 people$99,893$14,5765.5%of residents
10Colonial Pine Hillsunincorporated, Pennington County · 2,609 people$98,696$33,8770.2%of residents
11Rapid Valleyunincorporated, Pennington County · 6,975 people$83,208$12,3904.5%of residents
12LennoxLincoln County · 2,657 people$81,761$6,3519.6%of residents
13PierreHughes County · 13,848 people$77,672$7,21810.1%of residents
14Sioux FallsMinnehaha County · 213,748 people$75,970$2,2809.6%of residents
15LeadLawrence County · 3,064 people$73,047$33,2687.5%of residents
16Box ElderPennington County · 13,936 people$73,008$8,6597.5%of residents
17Blackhawkunincorporated, Meade County · 2,934 people$71,993$10,6701.8%of residents
18North Sioux CityUnion County · 3,036 people$71,908$15,63211.0%of residents
19Rapid CityPennington County · 80,589 people$70,870$3,55512.5%of residents
20WatertownCodington County · 23,736 people$69,600$6,8069.0%of residents
21YanktonYankton County · 15,816 people$67,804$10,07314.1%of residents
22Hot SpringsFall River County · 3,670 people$66,338$7,40221.1%of residents
23SpearfishLawrence County · 14,154 people$65,688$12,52815.2%of residents
24MadisonLake County · 6,065 people$65,593$9,1329.5%of residents
25MobridgeWalworth County · 3,192 people$65,357$15,50718.3%of residents
26Belle FourcheButte County · 5,791 people$65,071$22,04410.6%of residents
27AberdeenBrown County · 27,961 people$64,405$4,80713.8%of residents
28BrookingsBrookings County · 25,355 people$63,493$5,89216.9%of residents
29HuronBeadle County · 14,607 people$61,452$11,46216.1%of residents
30CantonLincoln County · 3,001 people$60,850$10,4368.1%of residents
31MitchellDavison County · 15,756 people$58,620$7,44112.5%of residents
32MilbankGrant County · 3,512 people$56,011$13,44113.2%of residents
33SturgisMeade County · 6,922 people$54,404$9,1489.2%of residents
34VermillionClay County · 11,720 people$50,456$4,86824.4%of residents
35WinnerTripp County · 2,969 people$47,381$11,74428.2%of residents
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Questions people ask

Which South Dakota town has the highest income?

Split Rock Township (Minnehaha County): its median household income is $147,717 (±$28,190). Dakota Dunes ($136,125) and Big Sioux Township ($128,005) follow.

How are these towns ranked?

By median household income in the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (2020–2024), highest first. Towns with the same figure share a rank (T), including every town at the survey’s $250,000+ ceiling. How grades work.

Why isn’t my town on this list?

The list covers the towns of 2,500+ that TownRatings grades with an ACS income figure (35 in South Dakota). Smaller towns show their income on their own page. Every town is on the South Dakota page.

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