City · Tripp County, South Dakota

Winner, South Dakota

Winner is a city in Tripp County, South Dakota. It has 2,905 residents. Winner, South Dakota has a quality-of-life score of 61 out of 100 (high), ranking #6,176 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Dakota it ranks #58 of 75 cities and towns. It ranks best on fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low), suicide rate (low) and grocery stores (high). It ranks worst on mental health care shortage (high), flu vaccinations (low) and preventable hospital stays (high).

61High

Quality-of-life score: #6,176 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Dakota: #58 of 75 in SD
Population: 2,905 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 1,267.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 4672180

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.

Safety80#3,065/15,637
Economy19#12,689/15,631
Housing94#830/14,977
Health37#9,826/15,609
Healthcare24#11,919/15,650
Environment84#2,534/15,453
Education61#6,039/15,649
Infrastructure48#8,105/15,650
Community50#7,786/15,651
Leisure & amenities67#5,215/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low3.9 µg/m³
100/100South Dakota 5.1 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyTripp County value
Suicide rate · low0.0 /100k
100/100South Dakota 22.3 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataTripp County value
Grocery stores · high5.3 /10k
99/100South Dakota 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTripp 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 dataTripp 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 dataTripp County value
Average commute time · low11.7 min
99/100South Dakota 17.8 minUnited States 26.4 min2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08013

Weaknesses

Mental health care shortage · high22.0
0/100South Dakota 18.0United States 9.9Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationTripp County value
Flu vaccinations · low16.0%
0/100South Dakota 45.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTripp County value
Preventable hospital stays · high5,354 /100k
1/100South Dakota 2,787 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteTripp County value
Distance to an airport · high157 mi
2/100South Dakota 114 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTripp County value
Distance to an Amtrak station · high203 mi
2/100South Dakota 185 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauTripp County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100South Dakota 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsTripp County value

Trends

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

New homes permittedImproving
1.4 /1k (2021) → 7.2 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
+421%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
42.6% (2015-2019) → 69.6% (2020-2024)
+27 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
27.3% (2015-2019) → 44.1% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateWorsening
15.6% (2015-2019) → 28.2% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
26.8% (2015-2019) → 39.1% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
10.6% (2015-2019) → 22.7% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

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, Winner, South Dakota improved on 1 of 13 measures with a comparison and declined on 5. 7 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

Broadband+11 points77.7% → 88.4%

Declined5

Uninsured+12 points10.6% → 22.7%
Poverty+13 points15.6% → 28.2%
Bachelor's+−9.3 points23.8% → 14.4%
Rent burden+27 points42.6% → 69.6%
Inequality+0.0840.384 → 0.468

All 13 measures

Change of every measure of Winner, South Dakota between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	11.2 min2015-2019	11.7 min2020-2024	+0.5 min	Within the margin of error	41%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.8%2015-2019	14.4%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Declined	2%
Broadband subscriptions	77.7%2015-2019	88.4%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	63%
Child poverty rate	27.3%2015-2019	44.1%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Effective property tax rate	1.15%2015-2019	1.00%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	85.8%2020-2024	−3.9 points	Within the margin of error	8%
Home price to income ratio	1.7×2015-2019	2.2×2020-2024	+0.5×	Within the margin of error	48%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3842015-2019	0.4682020-2024	+0.084	Declined	7%
Median household income	$57,7522015-2019	$47,3812020-2024	−18%	Within the margin of error	1%
Poverty rate	15.6%2015-2019	28.2%2020-2024	+13 points	Declined	2%
Rent as share of income	26.8%2015-2019	39.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Rent-burdened households	42.6%2015-2019	69.6%2020-2024	+27 points	Declined	4%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	10.6%2015-2019	22.7%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	2%

“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 Winner, South Dakota five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Winner, 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, Winner, South Dakota itself moved −27.6 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

2,905 residents (±15)

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: Under 10 women (+3.1 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

2,905 residents (±15)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

White70%2,039
Black1.5%†44
Hispanic or Latino3.7%†107

Education

2,075 residents (±123)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

No high school diploma14%†294
High school or GED36%750
Some college29%611

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

1,146 households (±112)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $25k31%†359
$25k–50k20%†230
$50k–75k18%†201
$75k–100k11%†129
$100k–150k9.8%†112
$150k–200k5.3%†61
$200k or more4.7%†54

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $50k–75k (−12.7 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

1,146 households (±112)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Own62%713
Rent38%433

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−11.4 points).

Table view

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

Rent paid

362 households (±89)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $75049%†177
$750–1,00028%†100
$1,000–1,50012%†42

Home values

713 homes (±114)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under $150k66%473
$150k–250k22%†157
$250k–400k6.6%†47

Age of homes

1,433 homes (±126)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

2010 or later2.9%†41
2000–200911%†152
1980–199912%†179

Size of homes

1,433 homes (±126)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Studio1.1%†16
1 bedroom16%†227
2 bedrooms28%403

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

1,176 workers (±159)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Drive alone85%994
Carpool4.2%†49
Public transit0.8%†9
Walk8.9%†105
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.6%†19
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Walk (+6.2 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,157 workers (±160)

Winner, South Dakota
South Dakota share

Under 15 min82%943
15–29 min8.6%†100
30–44 min5.8%†67

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 Tripp County, the county holding most of Winner's residents.

Tripp County has 200 employer establishments, 351 for every 10,000 residents (1.41× the US rate of 248; 1.11× South Dakota's), with 1,513 paid employees at an average annual pay of $42,534. The Census Bureau also counts 542 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 200; 542 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 351; US 248 · South Dakota 317
Paid employees: 1,513
Average annual pay: $42,534; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	16	28.1	1.35×More than typical	94	$43,691	23
Truck transportation	14	24.6	4.86×More than typical	33	$70,273	30
Restaurants and other eating places	11	19.3	1.05×About typical	151	$22,086	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	9	15.8	3.14×Too few to compare	22	$36,500	16
Specialty trade contractors	8	14	0.91×Too few to compare	39	$54,231	40
Offices of other health practitioners	7	12.3	2.02×Too few to compare	23	$44,217	10
Insurance agencies and brokerages	6	10.5	2.40×Too few to compare	22	$86,500	9
Banks and credit unions	5	8.8	2.72×Too few to compare	45	$62,489	—
Full-service restaurants	5	8.8	1.14×Too few to compare	37	$29,189	—
Religious organizations	5	8.8	1.58×Too few to compare	16	$14,000	—
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	4	7	1.72×Too few to compare	23	$36,522	4
Auto parts, accessories and tire stores	4	7	4.02×Too few to compare	27	$27,815	—

Rank places for an industry Open Tripp County

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 5,697 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: Winner is mostly in Tripp County.

See federal money in Tripp 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.

Winner, 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.

Tripp County71100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Tripp 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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