Best PlacesRavinia, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ravinia, 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.
Ravinia ranks 38,819th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and distance from a big city ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ravinia
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.
Ravinia's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ravinia ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Short commute17.2 minutes each way, better than 95% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of towns
- Cheap childcare$569 a month, better than 83% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 75% of towns
Where Ravinia ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 7% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than only 7% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ravinia
A household needs to earn about $66,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ravinia home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $73,496, 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 Ravinia's effective rate of 0.79%, 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 Ravinia
Ravinia's age mix sits close to the national median, 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 Ravinia.
Who works in Ravinia, and how
Work in Ravinia centers on health care & social and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 8%
Life in Ravinia
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ravinia.
What the weather is like in Ravinia, month by month
Ravinia sees roughly 107 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 29, with lows near 12. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, August, and September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29° | 19° | 12° |
| April | 60° | 46° | 36° |
| July | 88° | 76° | 65° |
| October | 63° | 50° | 39° |
Flying in and out of Ravinia
The nearest airport, Joe Foss Field, is about 88 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Eppley Airfield, about 182 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ravinia
Schools across Ravinia average a D, better than 7% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lakeview Colony Elementary - 05D+ · 25% proficient
- Armour Elementary - 02F · 10% proficient
- Andes Central Elementary - 02F · 10% proficient
Top middle schools
- Armour Middle School - 03A+ · 75% proficient
- Wagner Middle School - 03D+ · 25% proficient
- Andes Central Middle School - 04F · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- Wagner High School - 01A− · 60% proficient
- Armour High School - 01D · 21% proficient
- Andes Central High School - 01D · 21% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ravinia school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ravinia 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 Ravinia against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ravinia
Is Ravinia a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ravinia ranks 38,819th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, short commutes, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and the schools. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ravinia expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $251,012. The overall cost of living runs about 27% above the national average. Set against a $73,496 median income, cost of living beats 9% of towns.
Is Ravinia safe?
Ravinia is safer than 22% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $481 per resident a year.
Compare Ravinia with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ravinia. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ravinia 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.
Ravinia detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ravinia: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ravinia: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ravinia: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ravinia: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ravinia 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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