($1,259) Movers From Overland Park, KS to Sioux Falls, SD

What to know before moving from Overland Park to Sioux Falls

Moving from Overland Park to Sioux Falls means adjusting to a different pace of life — and a different price tag. On average, it costs significantly more to live in Overland Park than in Sioux Falls, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

Check out how Overland Park compares to Sioux Falls so you know what to expect before you relocate:

• Rent prices in Sioux Falls are 29% lower than in Overland Park, which means you’ll have more money in your pocket each month.
• In terms of homeownership, you’ll be able to get more for your money in Sioux Falls.
  Home prices in Sioux Falls are 26.3% lower than in Overland Park.
• Income in Sioux Falls is 9.2% lower than in Overland Park, so you could earn less for doing the same job. The top employers in Sioux Falls include Sanford Health, Avera Health, and Smithfield Foods.
• The cost of living for a single person in Sioux Falls is 27.3% lower than in Overland Park. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Sioux Falls is 5.6% lower than in Overland Park.
• The unemployment rate in Sioux Falls is 6.67% higher than in Overland Park.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in Sioux Falls, since the city’s sales taxes in Sioux Falls are 32.36% lower than in Overland Park.
• One perk of moving to Sioux Falls is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Overland Park.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,182.49 in Sioux Falls to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Overland Park.

How life is different in Overland Park vs. Sioux Falls

• Sioux Falls and Overland Park have roughly the same population, which could make adjusting to your new life in South Dakota easier.
• Your access to buses, shuttles, trams, or trains in Sioux Falls will be about the same as it currently is in Overland Park. The cities share a similar public transportation score, which means their transit systems are comparable in terms of how connected they are, how often they provide service, and how close they are to jobs, housing, retail and food stores, and other important locations.
• You’ll find Sioux Falls to be about as walkable as Overland Park. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 38 and 35 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• Sioux Falls and Overland Park are similarly bike-friendly based on their rating of 46. Bike-friendliness scores between 50 and 100 indicate varying levels of infrastructure to support cyclists, including bike lanes and roadway connectivity. Cities with scores under 50 are considered more car-dependent.
• The crime rate in Sioux Falls is higher than in Overland Park, so you may want to exercise a little extra caution as you're acclimating to your new location. While the crime index is 42.83 in Sioux Falls, it is 24.73 in Overland Park. With this index, the lower the score, the better, since it indicates a city’s crime levels.
• You may want to exercise more caution as you’re getting used to your new surroundings in Sioux Falls. With a crime index of 57.17, Sioux Falls ranks lower in overall safety than Overland Park, whose index is Overland Park's 75.27. The safety index measures how safe people in a city feel about walking alone, both during the day and at night, as well as data on muggings, theft, vandalism, and other instances of petty crime.
• The air quality in Sioux Falls and Overland Park is generally the same (Good). Cities with good to moderate ratings have clean or acceptable air quality, with the possibility of small pollutants affecting people with certain health conditions like asthma. Anything beyond the moderate rate means increased impact on residents.