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Watertown

Watertown, South Dakota crime and tract data guide. Read the citywide pattern first, then move into tract pages and comparison pages to see where the local differences are most pronounced.

Population
65,193
Watertown covered by 21 underlying areas.
Violent crime
3.5 / 1k
Violent crime has increased 17% since 2021.
Property crime
11.0 / 1k
Property crime has declined 28% since 2021.
Market rent
$1,136
Market rent does not yet have a long enough history to describe a full trend. Rent here is ZIP-derived market context.
Signals

What Watertown is signaling right now

City-level signals summarize safety, market pressure, quality, and upside without loading the application bundle.

Safety

50/100

Scores in the 50th percentile for lower violent crime relative to its peer set. Higher scores indicate safer conditions based on the current violent-crime rate.

Momentum

50/100

Development activity lands around the 50th percentile once permit intensity is normalized by household base — a forward-looking signal for neighborhood improvement trajectory.

Quality

43/100

Retail discovery mix places this area around the 43rd percentile — curated premium-versus-value retail tagging, openings, and category mix are used to summarize commercial quality.

Investor Upside

47/100

Forward-looking composite places this area in the 47th percentile — a weighted blend of development momentum and retail quality signaling medium-term investment potential.

Benchmarks

Watertown compared with South Dakota

Watertown city pages are rolled up from tract-level metrics, then linked into tract pages and city comparison reads so you can move from the citywide pattern into the places driving it.

Violent Crime

3.5 / 1k

4.4 / 1k state · 4.0 / 1k national

Property Crime

11.0 / 1k

23.8 / 1k state · 19.6 / 1k national

Market Rent (ZIP-derived)

$1,136

$1,290 state

Permits 12M

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0 state