Best PlacesHuron, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Huron, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Huron ranks 13,792nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on short commutes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Huron
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Huron's strengths and weaknesses
Where Huron ranks high
- Short commute12.0 minutes each way, better than 99% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than 98% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than 98% of towns
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- BikingBetter than 92% of towns
Where Huron ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 14% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 14% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than only 20% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 23% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Huron
A household needs to earn about $45,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Huron home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,548, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Huron's effective rate of 1.13%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Huron
Huron runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Huron.
Who works in Huron, and how
Work in Huron centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 7%
- Transit, walk, or bike 7%
Life in Huron
Huron has more restaurants and bars per resident than 74% of towns and more parkland per resident than 87% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Huron and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Huron, month by month
Huron sees roughly 118 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 17° | 7° |
| April | 60° | 45° | 32° |
| July | 88° | 74° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 48° | 36° |
Flying in and out of Huron
The nearest airport, Watertown Regional, is about 65 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 242 miles away.
The best schools in and around Huron
Schools across Huron average a C, better than 38% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Iroquois Elementary - 04A+ · 75% proficient
- Hendricks ElementaryA− · 58% proficient
- Washington 4-5 Center - 20C− · 29% proficient
Top middle schools
- Hitchcock-tulare Jr. High School - 02A+ · 75% proficient
- Huron Middle School - 02C− · 30% proficient
- Wolsey Wessington Middle School - 03F · 11% proficient
Top high schools
- Hendricks Senior HighA · 75% proficient
- Hitchcock-tulare High School - 01A− · 60% proficient
- Willow Lake High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Huron school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Huron measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Huron against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Huron
Is Huron a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Huron ranks 13,792nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on short commutes, walkability, and cell coverage, and lowest on distance from a big city and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Huron expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $164,176. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $66,548 median income, cost of living beats 44% of towns.
Is Huron safe?
Huron is safer than 47% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $358 per resident a year.
Compare Huron with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Huron. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Huron represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Huron detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Huron: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Huron: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Huron: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Huron: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Huron detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.