Cost of Living in Hill City
Hill City's cost of living centers primarily on housing, which runs modestly above South Dakota's own statewide average.
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Learn moreHousing runs modestly above the statewide average
Hill City's cited $341,792 median home value (2024) runs modestly above South Dakota's own ~$319,894 statewide average.
South Dakota's favorable tax structure applies
No state income tax, and a combined average sales tax rate of approximately 5.99%, apply in Hill City as elsewhere in South Dakota.
A modestly elevated property tax rate
Hill City's own cited effective property tax rate (~1.1%) runs modestly above South Dakota's ~1.06% statewide average -- a real but genuinely modest gap.
Key takeaways
- Hill City's housing costs run modestly above South Dakota's own statewide average.
- South Dakota's no-income-tax structure applies statewide, including in Hill City.
- Hill City's own property tax rate runs modestly, not dramatically, above the SD statewide average.
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