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Nisland, South Dakota.

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What it costs per month · Nisland $1,668/mo

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.

$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 South Dakota $1,668 United States $1,922
$500 $1,000 $1,500 $2,000 2002 2010 2018 2026
  • South Dakota$1,668
  • United States$1,922

Living in Nisland, Butte County, South Dakota

Nisland is a town of 206 people in Butte County. Unemployment in Butte County was 1.7% in August 2026, and the county had 0.6% fewer jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most people in Butte County work in schools and health care, then farming.

People 206 in the 2020 census
Household income Too few homes in Nisland for the Census survey to measure.
Unemployment 1.7% Butte County, August 2026; 1.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in Nisland for the Census survey to measure.

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 It can be wrong or out of date.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. Nisland is a very small town in Butte County, South Dakota, in the open ranch and farm country on the western side of the state. Winters are cold and snowy, with January the coldest month, and summers are warm in July. Precipitation is on the light side, and much of it arrives as snow.

Work. Residents work mostly in schools, hospitals and social care, followed by farming, forestry and mining, then manufacturing and shops. Across Butte County, the largest workplaces include the Belle Fourche School District, Rolling Hills Healthcare and the Newell School District. Unemployment in the county is low and a little lower than a year ago, though the county has slightly fewer jobs than it did the year before.

Things to do. Whitewood Creek, a river, is a short drive away, and it is the closest of the nearby waters. A longer drive brings you to the Adams Museum & House, a museum, and to the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery, a park. The Sturgis Motorcycle Museum & Hall of Fame is also a longer drive away.

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What people in Butte County work in

  • Schools, hospitals and social care17%
  • Farming, forestry and mining15%
  • Manufacturing10%
  • Shops (retail)10%
  • Building trades10%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment9%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Butte County had 2,921 jobs in 2025, 0.6% fewer than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 10°; warmest in July, 86° and 59° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 10° F M A M J J 86° 59° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 32° and 10°; warmest in July, 86° and 59° 0° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 32° 10° F M A M J J 86° 59° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 32° and lows near 10°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 59°. About 40 inches of snow and 17 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Newell weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Butte County

  1. Belle Fourche School District 09-1School district180FTE
  2. Rolling Hills HealthcareSkilled nursing facilities60
  3. Newell School District 09-2School district54FTE
  4. American ColloidTrucking45
  5. Running SupplyRetail41
  6. American ColloidManufacturing31
  7. Pipeline Plastics, Belle FourchePlastic pipe29
  8. Albany FarmsNoodles, fried, manufacturing26

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 7 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 254 people in all across the county; Nisland has none of its own. 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

  1. Winter weatherVery high
  2. Strong windVery high
  3. WildfireRelatively high
  4. HailRelatively high
  5. Cold wavesRelatively high
  6. Inland floodingRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Nisland’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. More on Butte County.

Nisland 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.

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Zip codes with a Nisland address

A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Nisland — 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.