Best PlacesSavoy, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Savoy, 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.
Savoy ranks 44,960th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low taxes by a wide margin, and a weak job market ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Savoy
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.
Savoy's strengths and weaknesses
Where Savoy ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of towns
- QuietBetter than 86% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 84% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than 75% of towns
Where Savoy ranks low
- Local economyBetter than only 1% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cell coverageBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Savoy
A household needs to earn about $72,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Savoy home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $70,368; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Savoy's effective rate of 0.52%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Savoy
Savoy runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Savoy.
Who works in Savoy, and how
Work in Savoy centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 90%
- Work from home 6%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Savoy
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Savoy.
What the weather is like in Savoy, month by month
Savoy sees roughly 87 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 37, with lows near 18. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 37° | 27° | 18° |
| April | 55° | 42° | 33° |
| July | 85° | 72° | 60° |
| October | 59° | 47° | 37° |
Flying in and out of Savoy
The nearest airport, Rapid City Regional, is about 49 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 314 miles away.
The best schools in and around Savoy
Schools across Savoy average a C, better than 32% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Lead-deadwood Elementary - 03C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Lead-deadwood Middle School - 02C− · 30% proficient
- Spearfish Middle School - 05C− · 28% proficient
Top high schools
- Spearfish High School - 01B · 50% proficient
- Lead-deadwood High School - 01C− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Savoy school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Savoy 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 Savoy against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Savoy
Is Savoy a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Savoy ranks 44,960th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, state infrastructure, and quiet, and lowest on a weak job market and distance from a big city. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Savoy expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,000. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $70,368 median income, cost of living beats 48% of towns.
Is Savoy safe?
Savoy is safer than 6% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $757 per resident a year.
Compare Savoy with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Savoy. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Savoy 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.
Savoy detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Savoy: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Savoy: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Savoy: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Savoy: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Savoy 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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