Sioux Falls, SD
Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Sioux Falls ranks 49th for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 91st for income. A household earns $82,509 a year while median rent runs $1,094/mo, making it moderately affordable for what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 9% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is job market (4th of 300), while home prices is the soft spot (171st). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 79th and home prices 171st among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Sioux Falls, your take-home is worth about $67,652 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 91st of 300↑25.8%$82,509
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 63rd of 30091 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $91,038
- Per-capita income
- $45,966
- Full-time pay
- $50,484
Housing
- Median rent
- 79th of 300↑28.6%$1,094/mo
- Home value
- 171st of 300↑49.1%$331,400
- Property tax
- $3,735/yr · 1.1%
- Sales tax
- 6.11%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 4th of 3002%
- Bachelor's+
- 84th of 30039%
- Avg commute
- 8th of 30018.6 min
People
- Population
- 308,711
- Population change
- +14.8%
- Median age
- 37.1 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 5.9%
- Broadband
- 93.3%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 18th of 30034
- Natural-hazard loss
- 132nd of 300$11/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 19th of 30014.7%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 8.4%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Affordability
- + Cost of living
- + Household income
- + Rent
- + Job market
- + Education
- + Commute
- + Air quality
- + Health
Watch-outs
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Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — sioux falls.
What jobs pay in Sioux Falls
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- Family medicine physicians
- $258,910
- Financial managers
- $163,580
- IT managers
- $162,240
- Pharmacists
- $148,330
- General & operations managers
- $142,730
- Lawyers
- $112,260
- Software developers
- $101,040
- Civil engineers
- $99,700
- Accountants & auditors
- $80,920
- Police officers
- $77,440
- Registered nurses
- $75,350
- Electricians
- $61,470
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $60,820
- Plumbers
- $55,000
- Web developers
- $54,300
- Secondary school teachers
- $51,630
- Elementary school teachers
- $50,040
- Carpenters
- $49,410
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $48,330
- Construction laborers
- $46,850
- Customer service reps
- $43,850
- Janitors
- $35,310
- Retail salespersons
- $34,600
- Cashiers
- $30,880
- Waiters & waitresses
- $29,920
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Sioux Falls metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in South Dakota are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- Iowa1,256
- Nebraska735
- California509
- Colorado479
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Sioux Falls metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Sioux Falls metro?
- Median gross rent across the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area is $1,094 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Sioux Falls.
- What is the median household income in the Sioux Falls metro?
- A typical household in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area earns $82,509 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Sioux Falls expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area runs about 9% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Sioux Falls metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $91,038 (versus its face value of $82,509). CityLedger rates the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area moderately affordable for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Sioux Falls metro?
- The median home value across the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area is $331,400 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Sioux Falls, SD-MN Metro Area is 2% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).