($1,680) Movers From Billings, MT to Sioux Falls, SD

What to know before moving from Billings to Sioux Falls

Moving from Billings 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 Billings than in Sioux Falls, making the move an opportunity for many to enjoy a lower cost of living.

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

• Rent prices in Sioux Falls are 15% lower than in Billings, 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 16.4% lower than in Billings.
• Income in Sioux Falls is 7.8% lower than in Billings, 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 is the same in Sioux Falls and Billings. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family is the same in Sioux Falls and Billings.
• The unemployment rate in Sioux Falls is 21.95% lower than in Billings.
• You’ll spend more on retail and restaurants in Sioux Falls, since the city’s sales taxes in Sioux Falls are 6.50% higher than in Billings.
• One perk of moving to Sioux Falls is paying less in state income taxes, which are 100.00% lower than in Billings.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,994.92 in Sioux Falls to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in Billings.

How life is different in Billings vs. Sioux Falls

• The population of Sioux Falls is about 10% greater than Billings, so you may find more to see and do in your new surroundings. Of course, with more people can also come increased competition for jobs and housing.
• Getting around Sioux Falls without a car might be more difficult than in Billings. Sioux Falls has a public transportation score of 2 out of 10, whereas Billings is ranked 3. Ratings are based on a city’s transit connectivity, service frequency, and accessibility to key destinations like jobs and grocery stores.
• You’ll find Sioux Falls to be about as walkable as Billings. 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 Billings are similarly bike-friendly based on their comparable ratings of 46 and 47 respectively. 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.
• Sioux Falls has a lower crime rate than Billings based on scores of 42.83 and Billings's 48.63, respectively. The crime index shows how safe a city is perceived to be. So, a lower score generally means less crime.
• You might find more confidence in your overall safety in Sioux Falls than in Billings, based on Sioux Falls’s safety index of 57.17 versus 50.37 for Billings. With this index, higher scores indicate more safety, particularly around how comfortable residents feel walking alone during the day and at night.
• The air quality in Sioux Falls and Billings 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.