Best PlacesSilver City, SD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Silver City, 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.
Silver City ranks 28,472nd 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 Silver City
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.
Silver City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Silver City ranks high
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 90% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 83% of towns
- QuietBetter than 81% of towns
Where Silver City ranks low
- Big-city accessBetter than only 3% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than only 3% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 4% of towns
- Short commute37.2 minutes each way, better than only 9% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Silver City
A household needs to earn about $77,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Silver City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $87,979, 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 Silver City's effective rate of 0.98%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Silver City
Silver City runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Silver City.
Who works in Silver City, and how
Work in Silver City centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 68%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Silver City
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Silver City.
What the weather is like in Silver City, month by month
Silver City sees roughly 110 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 39, with lows near 14. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 39° | 26° | 14° |
| April | 60° | 44° | 31° |
| July | 90° | 75° | 60° |
| October | 65° | 48° | 35° |
Flying in and out of Silver City
The nearest airport, Rapid City Regional, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Denver International, about 297 miles away.
The best schools in and around Silver City
Schools across Silver City average a B−, better than 58% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hill City Elementary - 02B · 50% proficient
- Lead-deadwood Elementary - 03C− · 30% proficient
Top middle schools
- Newcastle Middle SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Hill City Middle School - 04B+ · 50% proficient
- Lead-deadwood Middle School - 02C− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Newcastle High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Hill City High School - 01C+ · 40% proficient
- Lead-deadwood High School - 01C− · 30% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Silver City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Silver City 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 Silver City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Silver City
Is Silver City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Silver City ranks 28,472nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low taxes, health care access, and state infrastructure, and lowest on distance from a big city and internet speeds. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Silver City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $288,110. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $87,979 median income, cost of living beats 70% of towns.
Is Silver City safe?
Silver City is safer than 46% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $368 per resident a year.
Compare Silver City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Silver City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Silver City 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.
Silver City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Silver City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Silver City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Silver City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Silver City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Silver City 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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