City · Spink County, South Dakota

Redfield, South Dakota

Redfield is a city in Spink County, South Dakota. It has 1,989 residents. Redfield, South Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 73 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,255 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Dakota it ranks #43 of 75 cities and towns. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), rent-burdened households (low) and drug overdose deaths (low). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), public EV charging ports (low) and mental health care shortage (high).

73High

Quality-of-life score: #4,255 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Dakota: #43 of 75 in SD
Population: 1,989 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,031.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 4653460

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 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.

Safety77#3,549/15,637
Economy67#5,084/15,631
Housing90#1,513/14,977
Health57#6,765/15,609
Healthcare29#11,068/15,650
Environment95#783/15,453
Education65#5,464/15,649
Infrastructure19#12,743/15,650
Community61#6,122/15,651
Leisure & amenities73#4,181/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Redfield, South Dakota ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Spink 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

Property crime rate · low33 /100k
100/100South Dakota 1,312 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationSpink County value
Rent-burdened households · low31.8%
99/100South Dakota 39.8%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Drug overdose deaths · low0.0 /100k
99/100South Dakota 8.0 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataSpink County value
Average commute time · low13.6 min
99/100South Dakota 17.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013
Job growth · high5.7%
98/100South Dakota 0.2%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataSpink County value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low4.5 µg/m³
98/100South Dakota 5.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencySpink County value

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high4,799 /100k
3/100South Dakota 2,787 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpink County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100South Dakota 3.6 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySpink County value
Mental health care shortage · high19.0
4/100South Dakota 18.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationSpink County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high158 mi
4/100South Dakota 185 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauSpink County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100South Dakota 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsSpink County value
Flu vaccinations · low27.0%
4/100South Dakota 45.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSpink County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
2,583 (2015-2019) → 1,989 (2020-2024)
−23%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
1.4 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
19.5% (2015-2019) → 30.6% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
13.0% (2015-2019) → 3.9% (2020-2024)
−9.1 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
77.9% (2015-2019) → 85.9% (2020-2024)
+7.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Average commute timeWorsening
10.1 min (2015-2019) → 13.6 min (2020-2024)
+34%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

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, Redfield, South Dakota improved on 3 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved3

Bachelor's++11 points19.5% → 30.6%
Broadband+7.9 points77.9% → 85.9%
Household income+25%$46,707 → $58,229

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Redfield, South Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	10.1 min2015-2019	13.6 min2020-2024	+3.5 min	Within the margin of error	17%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%2015-2019	30.6%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	92%
Broadband subscriptions	77.9%2015-2019	85.9%2020-2024	+7.9 points	Improved	49%
Effective property tax rate	1.64%2015-2019	1.48%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
High school diploma or higher	93.8%2015-2019	95.5%2020-2024	+1.7 points	Within the margin of error	55%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	60%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3962015-2019	0.3612020-2024	−0.035	Within the margin of error	77%
Median household income	$46,7072015-2019	$58,2292020-2024	+25%	Improved	43%
Poverty rate	9.7%2015-2019	6.0%2020-2024	−3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	22.8%2015-2019	22.5%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	58%
Rent-burdened households	32.6%2015-2019	31.8%2020-2024	−0.8 points	Within the margin of error	59%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.2%2015-2019	9.8%2020-2024	−0.4 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“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 Redfield, South Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Redfield, 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, Redfield, South Dakota itself moved +1.5 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

1,989 residents (±228)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 30–39 men (+3.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

1,989 residents (±228)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

White92%1,824
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino3.3%†65

Education

1,499 residents (±163)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

No high school diploma4.5%†68
High school or GED35%530
Some college22%†335

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

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

Household income

947 households (±111)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $25k13%†126
$25k–50k20%†193
$50k–75k29%275
$75k–100k11%†104
$100k–150k18%†173
$150k–200k4.1%†39
$200k or more3.9%†37

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $25k–50k (−18.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

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

Owners and renters

947 households (±111)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Own56%535
Rent44%412

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

362 households (±92)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $75053%†191
$750–1,00028%†102
$1,000–1,50018%†64

Home values

535 homes (±95)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $150k56%299
$150k–250k24%†128
$250k–400k17%†91

Age of homes

1,089 homes (±93)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

2010 or later5.4%†59
2000–20094.0%†44
1980–19998.8%†

Size of homes

1,089 homes (±93)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Studio7.3%†79
1 bedroom13%†137
2 bedrooms38%409

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

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

How people get to work

941 workers (±136)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Drive alone79%747
Carpool12%†109
Public transit0.0%0
Walk3.5%†33
Bike0.6%†6
Work from home2.7%†25
Other2.2%†21

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

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

916 workers (±137)

Redfield, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under 15 min73%671
15–29 min13%†116
30–44 min6.7%†61

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

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 Spink County, the county holding most of Redfield's residents.

Spink County has 197 employer establishments, 320 for every 10,000 residents (1.29× the US rate of 248; 1.01× South Dakota's), with 1,311 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,854. The Census Bureau also counts 516 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 197; 516 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 320; US 248 · South Dakota 317
Paid employees: 1,311
Average annual pay: $50,854; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	21	34.1	6.74×More than typical	78	$53,821	20
Religious organizations	12	19.5	3.51×More than typical	34	$15,029	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	10	16.2	3.69×More than typical	29	$83,793	21
Specialty trade contractors	9	14.6	0.94×Too few to compare	49	$52,714	52
Automotive repair and maintenance	8	13	2.58×Too few to compare	23	$49,174	11
Banks and credit unions	8	13	4.02×Too few to compare	46	$45,761	—
Restaurants and other eating places	7	11.4	0.62×Too few to compare	74	$13,635	3
Ambulatory health care services	6	9.7	0.47×Too few to compare	11	$35,273	12
Gasoline stations	6	9.7	3.00×Too few to compare	50	$28,640	—
Full-service restaurants	5	8.1	1.06×Too few to compare	31	$15,355	—
Commercial and industrial machinery repair	4	6.5	9.54×Too few to compare	18	$49,556	—
Individual and family services	4	6.5	2.32×Too few to compare	6	$12,167	—

Rank places for an industry Open Spink County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 6,164 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: Redfield is mostly in Spink County.

See federal money in Spink 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.

Redfield, 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.

Spink County87100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Spink 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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