6,529 people (2024 Census estimate, +3.0% since 2020)
519 square miles of land · 13 people per square mile
“Highest” and “lowest” are just order, not grades: a high rank for poverty or hazard losses means more of it. Each figure's source is in its section below.
7 active community water systems list Moody County in the area they serve, reporting 9,401 people served in all (a system that crosses county lines counts its whole population).
| BIG SIOUX COMMUNITY WATER SYSTEM groundwater · private · SD4600429 | 5,800 served |
| FLANDREAU buys groundwater · local government · SD4600127 | 2,372 served |
| COLMAN buys groundwater · local government · SD4600093 | 634 served |
| EGAN buys groundwater · local government · SD4600115 | 241 served |
| TRENT buys groundwater · local government · SD4600333 | 206 served |
| PLEASANT VALLEY COLONY groundwater · private · SD4602086 | 107 served |
| WARD groundwater · local government · SD4600351 | 41 served |
Source: U.S. EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System (SDWIS), active community systems, . Look up any system's violations and test results with EPA's search using its ID.
About 1 people were held in Moody County's jail, in Vera's latest figure (1978), or 25 per 100,000 residents ages 15–64. In 1970 it was about 9.
Source: Vera Institute of Justice, Incarceration Trends (built from federal Bureau of Justice Statistics jail surveys). Counties without their own jail, or that share one, may show no figure.
2 school districts have their office in Moody County. School taxes are usually the largest part of a property tax bill.
Spent $9.6 million — $9.2 million to run schools, about $13,235 per student, plus $324,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $4.2 million local (mostly property tax), $4.2 million state, $1.6 million federal. Long-term debt: $3.4 million.
Spent $4.1 million — $3.4 million to run schools, about $11,639 per student, plus $619,000 on buildings and equipment. Money in: $2.3 million local (mostly property tax), $1.7 million state, $313,000 federal. Long-term debt: $395,000.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2023 Annual Survey of School System Finances. Districts are listed by the county of their main office; some serve neighboring counties too.
Source: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025 (University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute), which gathers federal data (CDC, Census, and others); measures cover different recent years. Blank lines aren't reported for small counties.
Overall risk: Very Low compared with other U.S. counties. FEMA estimates natural hazards cost Moody County about $8.8 million a year on average in buildings, crops and lives. Ability to bounce back (community resilience): Relatively Moderate; social vulnerability: Relatively Moderate.
Source: FEMA National Risk Index (December 2025), expected annual loss. Ratings compare counties nationwide; they're estimates, not predictions.
88 bridges in Moody County: 28 in good condition, 42 fair, and 18 poor (20.5%). “Poor” means a main part — the deck, the beams, or the supports — is rated 4 or lower on the federal 0–9 scale. It doesn't mean unsafe to drive; unsafe bridges are closed.
| I029 S over BIG SIOUX RV · built 1966 | 7,985 vehicles a day |
| I029 N over BIG SIOUX RV · built 1966 | 7,985 vehicles a day |
| 223RD STREET over BIG SIOUX RV · built 1922 | 100 vehicles a day |
| 221ST STREET over TRIB. TO BIG SIOUX RIVER · built 1915 | 69 vehicles a day |
| 221ST STREET over SPRING CREEK · built 1915 | 69 vehicles a day |
| 471ST AVENUE over BACHELOR CREEK · built 1997 | 50 vehicles a day |
Source: Federal Highway Administration, National Bridge Inventory (2025 submission). Includes state, county and city bridges.
Federal grants paid for $34.7 million of work in Moody County in fiscal 2025, about $5,471 per resident — to the county, cities, schools, hospitals, nonprofits and others.
Source: USAspending.gov, grants by place of performance, fiscal 2025 (Oct. 2024 to Sept. 2025). Search it by county to see each award.
From Grants.gov: posted grants listing county governments as eligible, soonest deadline first; research-only and overseas programs left out; list updated 2026-10-13, refreshed weekly. 62 are open in all. Cities, towns, school districts and nonprofits have their own lists there.
Registration deadlines, early voting and polling places for South Dakota are on the federal site vote.gov, which links to the state's official election office.
The budget, property tax rates, audits, local officials and offices for Moody County come from the county's own records, which we haven't gathered — not gathered, never hidden. See what a full county site looks like, or ask to have Moody County built: brayden.ozark@gmail.com.
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Nearby counties: Pipestone County, MN (21 mi) · Lake County (22 mi) · Minnehaha County (25 mi) · Brookings County (26 mi) · Rock County, MN (31 mi) · Lincoln County, MN (34 mi).