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SheetSD-SUMMERSET-SD · Summerset, SD 2,978 pop · income 85th 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 Summerset
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Summerset on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Ava · lowest
44,722
Ava · lowest
44,722 median HH income
35.7% of the leader · rank #1
Aurora · near
115,187
Aurora · near
115,187 median HH income
92.1% of the leader · rank #2
East Greenbush · near
115,189
East Greenbush · near
115,189 median HH income
92.1% of the leader · rank #3
Summerset · this city
115,197
Summerset · this city
115,197 median HH income
92.1% of the leader · rank #4
Lindsay · near
115,208
Lindsay · near
115,208 median HH income
92.1% of the leader · rank #5
Wallace · near
115,216
Wallace · near
115,216 median HH income
92.1% of the leader · rank #6
Valhalla · highest
125,135
Valhalla · highest
125,135 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Summerset on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 2,978.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Summerset - the verdict
Summerset ranks in the 85th percentile for household income and the 80th percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
85th
percentile, household income
70th
percentile, home value
13th
percentile, median rent
80th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Summerset, SD
South Dakota's Summerset is a small town, with 2,978 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Summerset brings in $115,197 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.1%. Summerset's housing stock carries a median value of $337,900, and the median resident age is 34.0 years. Educational attainment runs 41.1% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 74.3% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The Census Building Permit Survey recorded 28 residential units authorized here in 2024 (Building Boom), up 56% from five years earlier. Summerset reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR figures show 631.6 crimes per 100,000 residents, below the national average (reporting is voluntary across agencies, so treat this as reporting activity rather than a definitive danger score).
Living costs in South Dakota run below the national norm: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, South Dakota scores 88.6 (Well Below Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $990 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts South Dakota's average monthly utility costs around $200 (state average). 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 Summerset'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 reported crime to housing and income to population change to work and mobility to schools and households to comparison shortlist; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Summerset, city-specific coverage includes FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What can the FBI record say about safety in Summerset?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 631.6 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 72% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
How far does income reach against housing in Summerset?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 2.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Is Summerset growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +54 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +1.8% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 28 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Summerset?
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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
Within South Dakota, the closest population matches are Lead (2,997 residents, $57,348 income); North Sioux City (3,018 residents, $76,481 income); Mobridge (2,928 residents, $61,556 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ava, MO (2,978 residents); Valhalla, NY (2,978 residents); Clever, MO (2,977 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.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Summerset?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 87.4%. 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. 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.
Drive alone
87.4%
Work from home
4.4%
Public transit
0.0%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,577 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Summerset?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 41.1% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Poverty estimate
5.1%
Bachelor's degree+
41.1%
Matched public schools
1
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Very affordable · BEA RPP 2024, South Dakota average
B+
City profile score · Summerset, SD
79/100
5 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.
Household income A-
$115,197
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Violent crime B+
67 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Bachelor's+ share B+
41.1%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B-
5.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Summerset profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 91/100 (A+) · 88.6 index
Household income: 84/100 (A-) · $115,197
Violent crime: 79/100 (B+) · 67 /100k
Bachelor's+ share: 76/100 (B+) · 41.1%
Poverty rate: 65/100 (B-) · 5.1%
Where Summerset sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Summerset's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Summerset highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Summerset, SD (this city): home $337,900, crime 632/100k
Ava, MO : home $134,800, crime 277/100k
Girard, PA : home $168,100, crime 717/100k
Kenova, WV : home $98,700, crime 595/100k
Lead, SD : home $192,800, crime 557/100k
North Sioux City, SD : home $234,500, crime 1,673/100k
Mobridge, SD : home $122,000, crime 777/100k
Winner, SD : home $124,000, crime 1,064/100k
How does Summerset compare to other US cities?
Here's how Summerset stacks up against the full field of US cities (population 1,000+), computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income85% higher than other cities
Home value70% pricier than other cities
Median rent13% pricier than other cities
Safety80% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
National percentiles can mask local variation. Looking only at South Dakota, Summerset ranks #8 of 34 South Dakota cities by lowest crime rate - a narrower, more locally useful cut than the national comparison above.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Summerset 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 Summerset near the bottom of South Dakota's cities
Among the 303 South Dakota cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Summerset ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Summerset only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#12 of 285
96th percentile in South Dakota
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 303
0th percentile in South Dakota
Median Home Value
#16 of 263
94th percentile in South Dakota
Poverty Rate
#172 of 302
43rd percentile in South Dakota
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#17 of 303
94th 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
85th percentile nationally for median household income · 80th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Summerset's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Summerset's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Summerset's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$337,90030th percentilemore affordable than 30% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Summerset's home-value-to-income ratio: 2.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,328 of 15,516
More affordable than 59% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,395 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 2.9×, Summerset sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,328 of 15,516 and #5,395 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$115,197Summerset, SD median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Summerset, 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 Summerset, SD.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)41.1%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)74.3%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
2,978
Median Income
$115,197
Median Home Value
$337,900
Median Age
34.0
Poverty Rate
5.1%
Labor force participation
74.3%
Bachelor's Degree+
41.1%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
631.6
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
66.5
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
565.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Summerset's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
2,976 residents
2021
3,019 residents
2022
3,046 residents
2023
2,993 residents
2024
3,015 residents
2025
3,030 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
28
housing units authorized
Single-Family
3
detached homes
Multifamily
25
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
9.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
18
18
0
$5.0M
2020
19
19
0
$5.3M
2021
15
15
0
$4.0M
2022
6
6
0
$1.7M
2023
26
7
19
$6.3M
2024
28
3
25
$4.9M
Permit volume increased 56% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
87.4%
Carpool
6.1%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
2.1%
Work from Home
4.4%
Based on 1,577 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 Summerset. 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 Summerset 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 Summerset sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Summerset 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, 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.