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Place dossier plate
SheetSD-ENEMY-SWIM-SD · Enemy Swim, SD 291 pop · income 2nd 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 Enemy Swim
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Enemy Swim on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Tortugas · lowest
29,096
Tortugas · lowest
29,096 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #1
Enemy Swim · this city
29,125
Enemy Swim · this city
29,125 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #2
Big Wells · near
29,135
Big Wells · near
29,135 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #3
Stanton · near
29,141
Stanton · near
29,141 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #4
O'Brien · near
29,141
O'Brien · near
29,141 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #5
Truth or Cons… · near
29,142
Truth or Cons… · near
29,142 median HH income
19.8% of the leader · rank #6
Mulat · highest
146,917
Mulat · highest
146,917 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 Enemy Swim 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: 291.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Enemy Swim lands in the 2nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
2nd
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: Enemy Swim, SD
Enemy Swim is a small town in South Dakota, home to 291 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Enemy Swim households earn a median of $29,125 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 50.0%. The median resident age is 20.2 years. 26.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 21.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Living costs in South Dakota run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts South Dakota at 88.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $990 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in South Dakota run around $200, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 26.8 out of 100 (Very Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Enemy Swim'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; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Enemy Swim, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, local building permits, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, matched public-school count; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Enemy Swim?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 52.3%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Enemy Swim?
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.
Within South Dakota, the closest population matches are Florence (289 residents, $69,531 income); Roscoe (294 residents, $42,500 income); Hermosa (296 residents, $53,194 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Tyonek, AK (291 residents); Capulin, CO (291 residents); Mulat, FL (291 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.
Lowest-decile income · poverty 50.0% (Highest-decile poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
88.6 (US=100)
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, South Dakota average
F
City profile score · Enemy Swim, SD
33/100
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.
Bachelor's+ share C-
26.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$29,125
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
50.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Enemy Swim profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 91/100 (A+) · 88.6 index
Bachelor's+ share: 52/100 (C-) · 26.7%
Household income: 0/100 (F) · $29,125
Poverty rate: 0/100 (F) · 50.0%
How does Enemy Swim compare to other US cities?
Here's how Enemy Swim stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income2% 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 Enemy Swim 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 Enemy Swim near the bottom of South Dakota's cities
Among the 303 South Dakota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Enemy Swim ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Enemy Swim only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#273 of 285
4th percentile in South Dakota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 303
0th percentile in South Dakota
Poverty Rate
#25 of 302
92nd percentile in South Dakota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#82 of 303
73rd 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
2nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Income distribution context
$29,125Enemy Swim, SD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Enemy Swim, 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 Enemy Swim, SD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)26.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)50.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)21.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
291
Median Income
$29,125
Median Home Value
N/A
Median Age
20.2
Poverty Rate
50.0%
Labor force participation
21.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
26.7%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
52.3%
Carpool
0.0%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
22.7%
Work from Home
25.0%
Based on 44 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 Enemy Swim. 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 Enemy Swim 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 Enemy Swim sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Enemy Swim 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.