Moving from Rapid City to Sioux Falls
Rapid City to Sioux Falls: $386 more leftover
$2,968/mo leftover in Sioux Falls vs $2,582 in Rapid City after tax and rent ($386 more). +$4,632 a year — not a moving-company quote.
Rapid City leftover
$2,582
a month after tax and rent
Sioux Falls leftover
$2,968
+$386 vs Rapid City
Home
Only when you tap. We match the nearest metro and don't keep the coordinates.
Destination
Leftover is not a cost-of-living index. Leftover vs a COL index
Who already made this move
In 2022-2023, 193 households moved Rapid City → Sioux Falls (about 306 people, average AGI $53,611). 110 households went the other way.
Source: IRS SOI county-to-county migration. Not a moving company; not a recommendation.
| Per month | Rapid City | Sioux Falls |
|---|---|---|
| Take-home | $5,506 | $5,808 |
| Rent | $1,138 | $982 |
| All other costs | $1,786 | $1,858 |
| Left over | $2,582 | $2,968 |
Leftover is take-home after federal, state and city wage tax, minus asking rent at the bedroom count you set, minus a modelled month of groceries, utilities, healthcare, transport and childcare. It is not a cost-of-living index and not a moving quote. The dollar gap between Rapid City and Sioux Falls moves when you change the job, remote versus local pay, or bedrooms. How the math works · Leftover vs a COL index · Why a cheaper COL% can still lose leftover.
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What the move itself costs
About 365 road miles, 1 bedroom. Typical ranges, not quotes.
- Full-service mover
- $1,950–$3,600
- Container or pod
- $1,300–$2,500
- Rent a truck
- $550–$1,100
Dig into Sioux Falls
Paycheck
Take-home pay after tax and rent, and what's left at the end of the month.
Who moved
Which metros people actually left and arrived from, according to IRS tax returns.
Rent vs buy
Asking rent, the median home, property tax, and months to a down payment.
Monthly costs
Groceries, getting around, utilities, healthcare and childcare at your household size.
Daily life
Homicide and firearm death rates, heat, cars and commute.
Kids
Public-school enrollment, pupil–teacher ratio, bedrooms and childcare.
Getting there
Typical cost to get here, then leftover after tax and rent — not a moving-company directory.
Questions
Is the cost of living lower in Sioux Falls than Rapid City?
A one-bedroom is about $1,138 in Rapid City versus $982 in Sioux Falls. On a one-adult, one-bedroom household, leftover is about $386 a month higher in Sioux Falls. Change the job or household on the comparison to see your number.
Does Sioux Falls have state income tax?
Sioux Falls is in South Dakota, which has no state income tax.
Did people actually move from Rapid City to Sioux Falls?
When IRS county-to-county data covers this pair, the page lists how many households made the Rapid City → Sioux Falls move and their average AGI. Leftover after tax and rent is shown for the same household on both sides.