Cost comparison
Compare rent, housing, utilities, groceries, salary needs, and move score across the city profiles currently available in LifeAtlas.
South Dakota
Spearfish is a supplemental starter city profile for the Black Hills housing and lifestyle market in South Dakota, useful for route coverage and starter comparisons around rent, housing, utilities, wages, benefits, insurance, and moving costs.
South Dakota
Rapid City is the Black Hills access and tourism market in South Dakota, promoted in source-ready batch 04 for comparisons around housing, wages, utilities, taxes, benefits, and moving costs.
Comparison
Spearfish has the lower salary-needed estimate, while Spearfish has the lower starter rent. Differences are shown as Rapid City minus Spearfish.
| Metric | Spearfish | Rapid City | Difference | Advantage | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,350 | $1,369 | +$19 | Spearfish | Spearfish has the lower median rent. |
| Home price | $456,917 | $363,258 | -$93,659 | Rapid City | Rapid City has the lower home price. |
| Utilities | $194/mo | $178/mo | -$16/mo | Rapid City | Rapid City has the lower utilities. |
| Groceries index | 100 | 96 | -4 | Rapid City | Rapid City has the lower groceries index. |
| Salary needed | $43,862 | $54,000 | +$10,138 | Spearfish | Spearfish has the lower salary needed. |
| Move score | 84/100 | 77/100 | -7 | Spearfish | Spearfish has the higher move score. |