City · Moody County, South Dakota

Flandreau, South Dakota

Flandreau is a city in Moody County, South Dakota. It has 2,392 residents. Flandreau, South Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 68 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,961 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Dakota it ranks #49 of 75 cities and towns. It ranks best on suicide rate (low), firearm deaths (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), public EV charging ports (low) and distance to an Amtrak station (high).

68High

Quality-of-life score: #4,961 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Dakota: #49 of 75 in SD
Population: 2,392 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,286.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 4621540

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 70 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety94#877/15,637
Economy21#12,393/15,631
Housing77#3,402/14,977
Health67#5,123/15,609
Healthcare24#11,931/15,650
Environment98#314/15,453
Education57#6,660/15,649
Infrastructure46#8,511/15,650
Community81#2,999/15,651
Leisure & amenities32#10,650/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Flandreau, South Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Moody County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100South Dakota 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMoody County value
Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100South Dakota 15.3 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMoody County value
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100South Dakota 8.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataMoody County value
Mammography screening · high60.0%
98/100South Dakota 54.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMoody County value
Average commute time · low14.5 min
98/100South Dakota 17.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Child care cost burden · low18.3%
98/100South Dakota 21.5%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteMoody County value

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high19.0
3/100South Dakota 18.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationMoody County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100South Dakota 3.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyMoody County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high163 mi
4/100South Dakota 185 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauMoody County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100South Dakota 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMoody County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low1.5 /10k
6/100South Dakota 8.1 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsMoody County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high19.4%
8/100South Dakota 9.9%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
21.3% (2015-2019) → 52.1% (2020-2024)
+31 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
15.2% (2015-2019) → 31.4% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
New homes permittedWorsening
1.3 /1k (2021) → 0.4 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−68%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 3.1× (2020-2024)
+55%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Poverty rateWorsening
11.6% (2015-2019) → 21.9% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
18.8% (2015-2019) → 26.8% (2020-2024)
+8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Flandreau, South Dakota improved on 1 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 10 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Bachelor's++8 points18.8% → 26.8%

Declined3

Rent / income+16 points15.2% → 31.4%
Rent burden+31 points21.3% → 52.1%
Poverty+10 points11.6% → 21.9%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Flandreau, South Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	13.6 min2015-2019	14.5 min2020-2024	+1.0 min	Within the margin of error	36%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%2015-2019	26.8%2020-2024	+8 points	Improved	84%
Broadband subscriptions	80.0%2015-2019	83.1%2020-2024	+3.1 points	Within the margin of error	20%
Child poverty rate	19.9%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	25%
Effective property tax rate	1.59%2015-2019	1.45%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	44%
High school diploma or higher	85.7%2015-2019	91.7%2020-2024	+6 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	3.1×2020-2024	+1.1×	Within the margin of error	19%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4112015-2019	0.4692020-2024	+0.057	Within the margin of error	14%
Median household income	$51,2082015-2019	$49,1572020-2024	−4%	Within the margin of error	5%
Poverty rate	11.6%2015-2019	21.9%2020-2024	+10 points	Declined	4%
Rent as share of income	15.2%2015-2019	31.4%2020-2024	+16 points	Declined	4%
Rent-burdened households	21.3%2015-2019	52.1%2020-2024	+31 points	Declined	3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%2015-2019	4.9%2020-2024	−0.6 points	Within the margin of error	62%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	18.5%2015-2019	19.4%2020-2024	+0.8 points	Within the margin of error	36%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Flandreau, South Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Flandreau, South Dakota in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Flandreau, South Dakota itself moved −20.9 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,392 residents (±176)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

999 households (±92)

Flandreau, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $25k27%270
$25k–50k24%†244
$50k–75k14%†

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

999 households (±92)

Flandreau, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Own58%576
Rent42%423

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,014 workers (±131)

Flandreau, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Drive alone73%737
Carpool19%†188
Public transit3.2%†32

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Moody County, the county holding most of Flandreau's residents.

Moody County has 158 employer establishments, 244 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.77× South Dakota's), with 1,499 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,010. The Census Bureau also counts 458 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 158; 458 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 244; US 248 · South Dakota 317
Paid employees: 1,499
Average annual pay: $50,010; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Moody County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Specialty trade contractors	12	18.6	1.20×About typical	111	$102,541	42
Truck transportation	11	17	3.37×More than typical	43	$68,581	31
Construction of buildings	10	15.5	2.05×More than typical	24	$60,042	17
Religious organizations	8	12.4	2.23×Too few to compare	24	$11,583	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	7	10.8	2.15×Too few to compare	16	$36,188	9
Restaurants and other eating places	6	9.3	0.51×Too few to compare	58	$14,224	—
Child day care services	5	7.7	3.17×Too few to compare	21	$22,571	13
Full-service restaurants	5	7.7	1.01×Too few to compare	53	$14,755	—
Ambulatory health care services	4	6.2	0.30×Too few to compare	38	$42,684	14
Building equipment contractors	4	6.2	1.03×Too few to compare	40	$46,450	9
Foundation, structure and building exterior contractors	4	6.2	1.96×Too few to compare	15	$57,267	4
Gasoline stations	4	6.2	1.91×Too few to compare	46	$24,630	—

Rank places for an industry Open Moody County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,463 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Flandreau is mostly in Moody County.

See federal money in Moody County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Flandreau, South Dakota is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Dusty JohnsonR-SD · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 4.7%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Moody County92100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Moody County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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