Gregory, South Dakota.
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to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$895 (+116%) since Jan 2020.
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- South Dakota$1,668
- United States$1,922
Living in Gregory, Gregory County, South Dakota
Gregory is a city of 1,221 people in Gregory County. Half its households earn more than $51,450 a year and half less, against $62,917 across Gregory County; 7% of its people live below the poverty line. 66% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 34% are rented. Unemployment in Gregory County was 1.6% in August 2026, and the county had 0.8% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in schools and health care, then shops.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Gregory is a small city in Gregory County, South Dakota, where most homes are lived in by their owners and the median resident is somewhat older than in many places. Household incomes run below the county's, and fewer adults hold a four-year degree than is common across the country. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, while July brings the warmest days of the year, hot by most standards.
Work. Many residents work in schools, hospitals and social care, with shops, transport and warehouses, and professional and business services also employing local people. Among the largest workplaces in Gregory are the Gregory School District, Rosebud Farmers Union and Rosebud Electric Cooperative. Unemployment in the county is low and has eased slightly over the past year, though the county has seen a small drop in the number of jobs. Few people work from home, and the typical commute is short.
Things to do. The nearest water and green space is a longer drive away. Spotted Tail Creek is a river, and Lake America is a lake, both a longer drive from town. Platte Creek Recreation Area is a protected area, also a longer drive away, and a place to spend a day outdoors.
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- 555households
- 19%of adults have a degree
- 7%below the poverty line
- 14 mintypical commute
- 5%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Gregory County had 1,573 jobs in 2025, 0.8% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 87° and lows near 62°. About 45 inches of snow and 27 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Gregory weather station, under a mile away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Gregory
- Gregory School District 26-4School district62FTE
- Rosebud Farmers UnionBulk gasoline stations30
- Rosebud Electric CooperativeElectric distribution22
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 2 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 52 people in all. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- Cold wavesVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Ice stormsRelatively high
- HailRelatively high
- Strong windRelatively high
- TornadoesRelatively high
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Gregory’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out.
Gregory home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
Not enough data to draw this yet.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Gregory6
Zip codes with a Gregory address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Gregory — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.
Zillow publishes no zip-level series with this city on the address.