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Ranked for Walkable City Living

Best Places to Live in South Dakota for Walkable City Living

Dense, walkable, connected, diverse metros Ranked by how well each place fits the Walkable City Living profile across cost, schools, climate, and safety — see how we score.

Top 3 places

  1. #1Sioux FallsPopulation 193,401 · solid overall livability67% match
  2. #2Rapid CityPopulation 75,632 · mixed overall livability58% match
  3. #3AberdeenPopulation 28,388 · mixed overall livability17% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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