Best PlacesMayfield, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mayfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Mayfield ranks 32,823rd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and crime is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Mayfield
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.
Mayfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mayfield ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 83% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 124 pleasant days a year, better than 82% of towns
Where Mayfield ranks low
- Crime safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 8% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 12% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- Short commute35.2 minutes each way, better than only 13% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mayfield
A household needs to earn about $67,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mayfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,375, 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 Mayfield's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mayfield
Mayfield runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Mayfield.
Who works in Mayfield, and how
Work in Mayfield centers on agriculture & forestry and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Mayfield
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Mayfield.
What the weather is like in Mayfield, month by month
Mayfield sees roughly 124 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 degrees. January highs sit near 31, with lows near 13. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 31° | 21° | 13° |
| April | 61° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 87° | 75° | 65° |
| October | 64° | 51° | 41° |
Flying in and out of Mayfield
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 44 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 142 miles away.
The best schools in and around Mayfield
Schools across Mayfield average a C−, better than 27% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02D+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Irene - Wakonda Jr. High - 04D · 21% proficient
Top high schools
- Irene - Wakonda High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mayfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mayfield 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 Mayfield against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mayfield
Is Mayfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mayfield ranks 32,823rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, state infrastructure, and few empty homes, and lowest on crime and tree cover. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mayfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $254,200. The overall cost of living runs about 16% below the national average. Set against a $73,375 median income, cost of living beats 55% of towns.
Is Mayfield safe?
Mayfield is safer than 4% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $821 per resident a year.
Compare Mayfield with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mayfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mayfield 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.
Mayfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mayfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mayfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mayfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mayfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mayfield 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.