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title: Accolades
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# Accolades

 Sioux Falls has a thriving economy, low unemployment rate, and offers an affordable quality of life. For these reasons and more, the city ranks at the top of many places to visit and to live.

 

 

  

 

 

## Top 10 Best City for Young Couples 

StorageCafe ranked Sioux Falls as the [6th best city for young couples in the U.S. in 2026](https://www.storagecafe.com/blog/best-cities-for-young-couples/).

 

 

 

 

 

## Top 25 Best U.S. City for New College Grads 

Checkr ranked Sioux Falls as the [18th best U.S. city for new college grads](https://checkr.com/resources/articles/best-cities-for-new-college-grads-2025) in its 2025 list.

 

 

 

 

 

## Top 100 Place to Live 

Using a variety of factors and giving a score to each one, Livability ranked Sioux Falls in the [Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2025](https://livability.com/sd/sioux-falls/?top-100=2025).

 

 

 

 

 

## 4th Happiest City in America 

WalletHub ranked Sioux Falls 4th in its list of the [Happiest Cities in America in 2025](https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-places-to-live/32619).

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls Named a Top 25 Best Place to Live in the Midwest 

Based on a variety of factors, Livability compiled its list of the [Top 25 Best Places to Live in the Midwest](https://livability.com/topics/where-to-live-now/top-25-best-places-to-live-in-the-midwest/).

 

 

 

 

 

## \#1 Most Affordable City in America 

[Reader's Digest](https://www.rd.com/article/cheapest-places-to-live/) named Sioux Falls as the number one most affordable city in the country in its 2023 study.

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls is 35th Best Place to Live for Families 

Fortune ranked Sioux Falls as the 35th [Best Place to Live for Families in 2023](https://fortune.com/well/ranking/best-places-families/2023/sioux-falls/).

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls Named a Top 100 Place to Live in 2023 

Livability included Sioux Falls in its list of the [Top 100 Best Places to Live in the U.S. in 2023](https://livability.com/best-places/2023-top-100-best-places-to-live-in-the-us/sioux-falls-sd/). Sioux Falls is South Dakota's only city that made the 2023 list.

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls Ranked 6th Most Affordable City in the Midwest 

The Ascent by The Motley Fool ranked Sioux Falls as its [6th most affordable city in the Midwest](https://www.fool.com/the-ascent/research/10-best-cities-high-salaries-low-cost-living-midwest/), beating out cities like Columbus, OH, and Omaha, NE.

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls Ranked 8th Happiest City in America 

WalletHub recently put out its [2023 rankings of the Happiest Cities in America](https://wallethub.com/edu/happiest-places-to-live/32619), and Sioux Falls is ranked 8th!

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls is One of the Best Places to Live on a $65,000 Salary 

[SmartAsset](https://smartasset.com/data-studies/best-places-to-live-on-a-65000-salary-2022) ranked Sioux Falls as the second best city to live on a $65,000 salary in 2022!

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls Named 4th Best City for Young Professionals 

Policy Genius placed Sioux Falls in the top five in its list of [Best Cities for Young Professionals in 2022](https://www.policygenius.com/personal-finance/best-cities-for-young-professionals/).

 

 

 

 

 

## Sioux Falls Named a Runner Friendly Community 

Road Runners Club of America named Sioux Falls as a [Runner Friendly Community](https://www.rrca.org/programs/runner-friendly-community/).