Best PlacesPearsons Corner, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Pearsons Corner, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Pearsons Corner ranks 10,730th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and tree cover ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Pearsons Corner
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.
Pearsons Corner's strengths and weaknesses
Where Pearsons Corner ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 98% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 93% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 90% of towns
Where Pearsons Corner ranks low
- Tree shadeBetter than only 4% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 13% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 13% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 18% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Pearsons Corner
A household needs to earn about $82,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Pearsons Corner home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $106,288, 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 Pearsons Corner's effective rate of 0.98%, 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 Pearsons Corner
Pearsons Corner runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Pearsons Corner.
Who works in Pearsons Corner, and how
Work in Pearsons Corner 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 67%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 12%
Life in Pearsons Corner
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Pearsons Corner.
What the weather is like in Pearsons Corner, month by month
Pearsons Corner sees roughly 128 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 Pearsons Corner
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 40 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 148 miles away.
The best schools in and around Pearsons Corner
Schools across Pearsons Corner average a C, better than 37% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Menno Elementary - 02B− · 40% proficient
- Freeman Elementary - 02B− · 40% proficient
- Irene - Wakonda Elementary - 02D+ · 21% proficient
Top middle schools
- Menno Middle School - 05A · 60% proficient
- Freeman Jr High - 05B− · 40% proficient
- Viborg-hurley Middle School - 03C− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Freeman High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
- Irene - Wakonda High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
- Menno High School - 01D+ · 25% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Pearsons Corner school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Pearsons Corner 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 Pearsons Corner against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Pearsons Corner
Is Pearsons Corner a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Pearsons Corner ranks 10,730th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, a strong job market, and what local pay buys, and lowest on tree cover and crime. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Pearsons Corner expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,152. The overall cost of living runs about 17% below the national average. Set against a $106,288 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Pearsons Corner safe?
Pearsons Corner is safer than 13% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $608 per resident a year.
Compare Pearsons Corner with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Pearsons Corner. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Pearsons Corner 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.
Pearsons Corner detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Pearsons Corner: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Pearsons Corner: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Pearsons Corner: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Pearsons Corner: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Pearsons Corner 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
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