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Place dossier plate
SheetSD-CRESBARD-SD · Cresbard, SD 110 pop · income 13th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Cresbard
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Cresbard on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Peever Flats · lowest
28,571
Peever Flats · lowest
28,571 median HH income
21.0% of the leader · rank #1
Cresbard · this city
45,625
Cresbard · this city
45,625 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #2
McCaysville · near
45,625
McCaysville · near
45,625 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #3
Monticello · near
45,625
Monticello · near
45,625 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #4
Warm Springs · near
45,625
Warm Springs · near
45,625 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #5
Tilden · near
45,625
Tilden · near
45,625 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #6
Angostura · highest
135,893
Angostura · highest
135,893 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Cresbard on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 110.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Cresbard places in the 13th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
13th
percentile, household income
13th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Cresbard, SD
Cresbard is a small town in South Dakota, home to 110 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Cresbard households earn a median of $45,625 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 6.3%. The median resident age is 39.5 years. 17.4% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 50.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in South Dakota run below the national norm: the state registers 88.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Well Below Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $990 per month statewide. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts South Dakota's average monthly utility costs around $200 (state average). On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 26.8 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Cresbard's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to population change; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Cresbard, city-specific coverage includes annual population history, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for FBI reported-crime rates, matched public-school count, local building permits, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Cresbard?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. The profile is strongly car-oriented, so a relocation comparison should put trip distance, vehicle access, and household fuel costs ahead of a citywide commute average. The same-state peer links offer a more relevant benchmark than a national label.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 92.7%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Which cities make useful reference points for Cresbard?
Within South Dakota, the closest population matches are Belvidere (112 residents, $50,833 income); Davis (108 residents, $63,125 income); Midland (108 residents, $60,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Wintersburg, AZ (110 residents); Concord, AR (110 residents); Camp Nelson, CA (110 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Is Cresbard growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +4 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.0% change. No comparable local building-permit series is available here, so population change should not be read as a housing-supply measure. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, South Dakota average
D
City profile score · Cresbard, SD
46/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A+
88.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Poverty rate C
6.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share F
17.4%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$45,625
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Cresbard profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 91/100 (A+) · 88.6 index
Poverty rate: 57/100 (C) · 6.3%
Bachelor's+ share: 27/100 (F) · 17.4%
Household income: 14/100 (F) · $45,625
How does Cresbard compare to other US cities?
Here's how Cresbard stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income13% higher than other cities
Median rent13% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Cresbard against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to South Dakota only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
South Dakota-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Cresbard near the bottom of South Dakota's cities
Among the 303 South Dakota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Cresbard ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Cresbard only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#237 of 285
17th percentile in South Dakota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 303
0th percentile in South Dakota
Poverty Rate
#150 of 302
50th percentile in South Dakota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#181 of 303
40th percentile in South Dakota
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within South Dakota only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
13th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$45,625Cresbard, SD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Cresbard, SD median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Cresbard, SD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)17.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)6.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)50.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
110
Median Income
$45,625
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
39.5
Poverty Rate
6.3%
Labor force participation
50.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
17.4%
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Cresbard's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
100 residents
2021
99 residents
2022
99 residents
2023
102 residents
2024
103 residents
2025
104 residents
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
92.7%
Carpool
7.3%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 41 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
South Dakota statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $200
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across South Dakota at $200 (electricity about $95 , water and sewer about $40 ).
These are South Dakota statewide averages, not a meter reading for Cresbard. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
South Dakota's BEA cost-of-living index is 88.6 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Cresbard is $990/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to South Dakota statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 26.8 / 100 (Very Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a South Dakota statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Cresbard sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Cresbard compares to similar-size South Dakota cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.