Best cities for sports in South Dakota

BookrGo Best Sport Cities ranking: we rank the cities of South Dakota by their 0-10 sports score, which combines density of centers per resident, variety of sports, listing quality and real activity. To keep the comparison fair, we measure every city's offering with the same sources of national coverage. An honest way to see where it's easiest (and hardest) to find somewhere to play.

64 scorable cities in South Dakota.

#	City	Score /10	Centers
1	Rapid City	8.2	214
2	Mitchell	8.1	51
3	Aberdeen	7.6	91
4	Sturgis	7.6	29
5	Brookings	7.5	65
6	Brandon	7.5	24
7	Sioux Falls	7.4	391
8	Watertown	7.4	67
9	Pierre	7.4	37
10	Huron	7.1	30
11	Fort Pierre	7.1	15
12	Spearfish	7.0	48
13	North Sioux City	7.0	20
14	Yankton	6.9	47
15	Tea	6.7	25
16	Custer	6.7	19
17	Canton	6.6	10
18	Groton	6.5	11
19	Miller	6.5	9
20	Winner	6.1	7
21	Belle Fourche	6.0	16
22	Chamberlain	6.0	8
23	Dell Rapids	5.8	13
24	Milbank	5.8	8
25	Hot Springs	5.7	14
26	Madison	5.7	11
27	Sisseton	5.6	10
28	Vermillion	5.5	22
29	Beresford	5.4	11
30	Deadwood	5.4	8
31	Hartford	5.2	13
32	Hill City	5.2	8
33	Gregory	5.2	7
34	Clear Lake	5.1	7
35	De Smet	5.0	5
36	Mobridge	4.7	7
37	Wagner	4.6	9
38	Highmore	4.6	5
39	Britton	4.6	5
40	Harrisburg	4.5	18
41	Flandreau	4.5	6
42	Lake Preston	4.5	3
43	Lead	4.4	10
44	Freeman	4.3	7
45	Elk Point	4.3	4
46	Salem	4.2	5
47	Faulkton	4.2	5
48	Blackhawk	4.2	4
49	Webster	4.1	7
50	Dakota Dunes	4.1	5
51	Volga	4.1	4
52	Garretson	4.0	6
53	Onida	4.0	3
54	Wall	3.8	5
55	Box Elder	3.7	13
56	Marion	3.7	5
57	Redfield	3.6	3
58	Elkton	3.3	3
59	Edgemont	2.8	3
60	Scotland	2.0	5
61	Pine Ridge	1.8	3
62	Parkston	1.6	3
63	Martin	1.6	3
64	Rosebud	1.3	2

How do we calculate the score?

Variety (25%) — how many different sports the city covers.
Quality (20%) — richness of each center's information.
Activity (20%) — real user interest over the last 30 days.
Scale (15%) — number of centers in the city.
Density (10%) — centers per resident (dampened).
Courts (10%) — total capacity: number of courts.

Each section is measured as a percentile against the other cities in the United States and combined into the final score, on a 0-10 scale. Variety and density are measured with a uniform instrument (only sources with homogeneous national coverage) so that no city is favored by having a more complete open catalog. We only score cities with population data and a presence in those sources.