($1,499) Movers From San Antonio, TX to Sioux Falls, SD

What to know before moving from San Antonio to Sioux Falls

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

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

• Rent prices in Sioux Falls are 27% lower than in San Antonio, 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 San Antonio.
  Home prices in Sioux Falls are 27.9% higher than in San Antonio.
• Income in Sioux Falls is 6.3% lower than in San Antonio, 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 19.3% lower than in San Antonio. This includes routine expenses like utilities, groceries, clothing, and transportation.
• The cost of living for a family in Sioux Falls is 7.9% lower than in San Antonio.
• The unemployment rate in Sioux Falls is 15.79% lower than in San Antonio.
• You’ll spend less on retail and restaurants in Sioux Falls, since the city’s sales taxes in Sioux Falls are 21.21% lower than in San Antonio.
• State income taxes are the same in Sioux Falls and San Antonio.

To put this in perspective, you would need around $2,420.24 in Sioux Falls to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with $3,000.00 in San Antonio.

How life is different in San Antonio vs. Sioux Falls

• Sioux Falls might offer you a slower pace of life, since the population is about 86% less than San Antonio.
• Getting around Sioux Falls without a car might be more difficult than in San Antonio. Sioux Falls has a public transportation score of 2 out of 10, whereas San Antonio is ranked 6. 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 San Antonio. The two cities have similar walkability scores of 38 and 37 respectively out of 100 in terms of how close housing is to businesses, recreational facilities, and jobs.
• Sioux Falls and San Antonio are similarly bike-friendly based on their comparable ratings of 46 and 45 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 San Antonio based on scores of 42.83 and San Antonio's 48.06, 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 San Antonio, based on Sioux Falls’s safety index of 57.17 versus 51.94 for San Antonio. With this index, higher scores indicate more safety, particularly around how comfortable residents feel walking alone during the day and at night.
• You can breathe easy knowing that Sioux Falls has better air quality than in San Antonio. Sioux Falls has Good air quality, compared to moderate in San Antonio. Ratings of good to moderate mean very low risk of health concerns, although people with conditions like asthma or allergies could be affected. Beyond the moderate rating, health concerns increase for some or all residents.