Cost of living in Sioux Falls, SD
The Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area (308,711 people) ranks #139 of 149 for prices among the U.S. metro areas we cover. Here's what it costs to live there.
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Price level, from cheaper to pricier.
- The Villages, FL 85.4
- McAllen, TX 85.9
- Springfield, MO 88.6
- Wichita, KS 88.9
- Jackson, MS 89.0
- Tulsa, OK 89.2
- Columbus, GA 89.3
- Little Rock, AR 89.4
- El Paso, TX 89.9
- Oklahoma City, OK 90.4
- Sioux Falls, SD 90.6
- Baton Rouge, LA 90.8
- Clarksville, TN 90.9
- Fargo, ND 90.9
- Killeen, TX 91.1
- Spartanburg, SC 91.1
- Fayetteville, AR 91.4
- Chattanooga, TN 91.5
- Toledo, OH 91.5
- Birmingham, AL 91.6
- Des Moines, IA 91.7
- Augusta, GA 91.9
- Omaha, NE 91.9
- Fayetteville, NC 92.0
- Winston-Salem, NC 92.0
- Jacksonville, NC 92.1
- Memphis, TN 92.2
- Kansas City, MO 92.5
- Fort Wayne, IN 92.6
- Knoxville, TN 92.6
- New Orleans, LA 92.6
- Dayton, OH 92.7
- Greensboro, NC 92.9
- Lexington, KY 92.9
- Huntsville, AL 93.1
- Louisville, KY 93.1
- Greenville, SC 93.3
- Akron, OH 93.4
- Billings, MT 93.5
- Myrtle Beach, SC 93.6
- Columbia, SC 93.7
- Cleveland, OH 93.9
- Daphne, AL 94.7
- Pittsburgh, PA 94.7
- San Antonio, TX 94.7
- St. Louis, MO 95.1
- Ocala, FL 95.2
- Savannah, GA 95.2
- Cincinnati, OH 95.4
- Albuquerque, NM 95.5
- Columbus, OH 95.5
- Grand Rapids, MI 95.5
- Indianapolis, IN 95.7
- Syracuse, NY 95.7
- Buffalo, NY 95.8
- Nashville, TN 96.3
- Wilmington, NC 96.4
- Asheville, NC 96.5
- Cheyenne, WY 96.5
- Gainesville, FL 96.7
- Milwaukee, WI 96.9
- Tucson, AZ 96.9
- Crestview, FL 97.0
- Rochester, NY 97.0
- Lakeland, FL 97.1
- Charlotte, NC 97.3
- Madison, WI 97.3
- Panama City, FL 97.3
- Durham, NC 97.6
- Pensacola, FL 97.7
- Richmond, VA 97.9
- Virginia Beach, VA 97.9
- Hilton Head Island, SC 98.0
- Austin, TX 98.1
- Provo, UT 98.2
- Raleigh, NC 98.2
- Prescott, AZ 98.3
- Boise, ID 98.4
- Houston, TX 98.6
- Harrisburg, PA 98.7
- Daytona Beach, FL 99.4
- Jacksonville, FL 99.5
- Albany, NY 99.6
- Allentown, PA 100.0
- Palm Bay, FL 100.0
- Atlanta, GA 100.1
- Greeley, CO 100.2
- Las Vegas, NV 100.2
- Port St. Lucie, FL 100.2
- Detroit, MI 100.3
- Ogden, UT 100.3
- Spokane, WA 100.3
- Norwich, CT 100.4
- Punta Gorda, FL 100.5
- Colorado Springs, CO 100.7
- Ann Arbor, MI 100.9
- Bakersfield, CA 100.9
- Burlington, VT 100.9
- Salt Lake City, UT 100.9
- Tampa, FL 100.9
- Charleston, SC 101.0
- Reno, NV 101.0
- Fort Collins, CO 101.1
- Orlando, FL 101.4
- Eugene, OR 101.6
- Providence, RI 101.8
- Portland, ME 101.9
- Fresno, CA 102.2
- Cape Coral, FL 102.3
- Sarasota, FL 102.4
- Worcester, MA 102.5
- Philadelphia, PA 102.6
- Hartford, CT 102.7
- Dallas, TX 103.1
- Naples, FL 103.2
- Trenton, NJ 103.2
- Phoenix, AZ 103.3
- Bend, OR 103.6
- Chicago, IL 103.6
- Olympia, WA 103.7
- Baltimore, MD 104.5
- New Haven, CT 104.6
- Minneapolis, MN 104.8
- Stockton, CA 105.1
- Boulder, CO 105.2
- Anchorage, AK 105.4
- Portland, OR 105.4
- Bremerton, WA 105.6
- Manchester, NH 105.7
- Denver, CO 105.8
- Riverside, CA 106.4
- Sacramento, CA 106.7
- Bridgeport, CT 106.9
- Santa Rosa, CA 107.8
- Boston, MA 108.3
- Vallejo, CA 108.5
- Santa Barbara, CA 108.8
- Washington, D.C. 108.9
- Salinas, CA 109.0
- Poughkeepsie, NY 109.4
- San Jose, CA 110.4
- Oxnard, CA 110.5
- Honolulu, HI 111.0
- Seattle, WA 111.1
- San Diego, CA 111.9
- New York, NY 112.6
- Los Angeles, CA 113.6
- Miami, FL 114.2
- San Francisco, CA 115.6
Compare Sioux Falls with your city
See what you'd need to earn in Sioux Falls to keep your lifestyle, after taxes and local prices. The calculator starts from Minneapolis, MN, which sends the most households here of the metros we cover (IRS, 2022–2023), using its median household income as an illustrative single-earner salary. Household income can include several earners and other income; it is not a typical individual wage. Pick your own city, salary and filing status.
Equal salary in Sioux Falls: $77,700
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To keep the same lifestyle, you need about $77,700 in Sioux Falls, SD to match $100,000 in Minneapolis, MN ($22,300 less), after 2026 taxes and local prices.
Single filer, W-2 salary. South Dakota has no state income tax on wages; Minnesota does; neither city levies a resident income tax.
Prices and housing cover the metro area; taxes use Minnesota and South Dakota, their principal states. A metro can span several states; living in its other state can change the tax result.
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There is no city-to-city report for this move. The state report compares statewide taxes, housing and moving costs; it does not use the city or suburb tax settings above.
What things cost in Sioux Falls
The vertical line marks the U.S. average (100). BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 for the metropolitan area.
Taxes in Sioux Falls
In this fixed example, one single filer earning an $85,000 W-2 salary keeps $68,628 after 2026 federal tax ($9,870), Social Security and Medicare ($6,503). South Dakota has no state income tax on wages. The salary is rounded from median household income, not an observed individual wage. This example stays fixed when you change the calculator.
Prices and housing cover the full Sioux Falls, SD-MN metro area; the tax example uses its principal state, South Dakota. A home in another state within the metro can have different taxes.
Housing
| Measure | Sioux Falls area |
|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,094/mo |
| Median home value | $331,400 |
| Median property tax | $3,735/yr |
| Monthly cost to own the median home (20% down) | $2,264 |
| Median household income | $82,509 |
Climate and jobs in Sioux Falls
In the Sioux Falls area the average January low is 9°F and the average July high 85°F, and the area has about 15 days a year at 90°F or hotter. Unemployment averaged 2.0% in 2025, below the U.S. rate (4.3%), and the median wage across all jobs was $47,970 a year, 6% below the U.S. median.
| Climate | 1991–2020 average |
|---|---|
| January low | 9°F |
| July high | 85°F |
| Days 90°F or hotter | 15 a year |
| Precipitation | 28 in a year |
| Snowfall | 45 in a year |
| Jobs and pay | Metro area | U.S. |
|---|---|---|
| Unemployment rate, 2025 average | 2.0% | 4.3% |
| Median wage, all jobs (May 2025) | $47,970 | $50,980 |
| Wage and salary jobs (May 2025) | 178,590 | 155.5 million |
Climate: NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020 averages at the Sioux Falls station (USW00014944). Weather varies across a metro area, especially with elevation and distance from the coast. Jobs: unemployment from BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics; wages and job counts from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, which count wage and salary jobs, not the self-employed; wages are before taxes. The 2025 average covers 11 months: October 2025 data were not collected during the federal government shutdown.
Retiring in Sioux Falls
Our modeled retiree budget is about $3,037 a month here with a home owned outright, or $3,347 renting. It uses spending benchmarks for households with a reference person age 65 or older (BLS 2024), adjusted for local prices. These are household-based estimates, not observed spending by a single retiree in Sioux Falls. See where your budget goes furthest.
Where people move to and from Sioux Falls
IRS county-to-county migration data, 2022–2023, aggregated to the 149 metro areas we cover.
Natural hazard risk
RelocateMath's population-weighted mean of FEMA county risk scores for the Sioux Falls area is 77.9 of 100 (high county-score mean), with modeled expected losses of about $643 per resident per year. A mean of county percentiles is not an official FEMA metro rating or a national metro percentile. It describes the counties in the metro; your property's risk can differ. Disaster risk by county in South Dakota.
The vertical line marks county-score scale midpoint (50).
Frequently asked questions
What salary do you need to live in Sioux Falls?
In a fixed single-filer W-2 example living inside the principal city, about $66,800 in Sioux Falls matches the buying power of $75,000 in an average-priced area with no state income tax. The example uses 2026 federal taxes, South Dakota state taxes and modeled resident local taxes where applicable. It stays fixed when calculator inputs change. Renting the median home at 30% of income takes $43,760, and buying the median home with 20% down takes about $97,023.
Is Sioux Falls expensive?
The Sioux Falls metro area's price level is 90.6 (U.S. = 100), #139 of the 149 metro areas we cover, from most to least expensive. Its housing rents price index is 77.6, 22% below the U.S. average.
Are people moving to Sioux Falls?
Counting moves to and from the other 148 metro areas we cover, Sioux Falls had a net loss of about 38 households in 2022–2023 (IRS county migration data).
What is the weather like in Sioux Falls?
In NOAA's 1991–2020 climate normals for the Sioux Falls area (Sioux Falls weather station), the average January low is 9°F and the average July high 85°F. The area has about 15 days a year at 90°F or hotter and gets 28 inches of precipitation a year and about 45 inches of snow.
What are jobs and pay like in Sioux Falls?
The Sioux Falls metro area's unemployment rate averaged 2.0% in 2025, below the U.S. rate (4.3%). The median wage across all jobs was $47,970 a year in May 2025, 6% below the U.S. median of $50,980 (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
What natural disasters affect Sioux Falls?
RelocateMath's population-weighted mean of FEMA county risk scores is 77.9 out of 100 (high county-score mean). This is not an official FEMA metro rating or a national metro percentile. The highest county-score means by hazard are ice storm, winter weather, tornado.
Cities with similar prices
- Oklahoma City, OK 90.4
- Baton Rouge, LA 90.8
- Clarksville, TN 90.9
- Fargo, ND 90.9
- Killeen, TX 91.1
- Spartanburg, SC 91.1
- Moving from South Dakota
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