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Agency Township vs Minnesota Township

24 miles apart in Roberts County. The biggest differences: trails (12.9× in Minnesota Township) and typical home built (59 yrs in Minnesota Township).

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Agency Township, SDA small town of 128Roberts County · 128 people
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Minnesota Township, SDAn outdoors townRoberts County · 129 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Agency TownshipA small town of 128
Quiet strengthsAgency Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Agency Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons
Agency TownshipMinnesota Township
Snow a year48″49″
January low5°F1°F
July high82°F82°F
Growing season (days)151d152d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st41st
Outdoors & history
Agency TownshipMinnesota Township
Trails1 mi17 mi
Conserved land9.8%26.3%
National Register places1—
Archive photos—3
Community
Agency TownshipMinnesota Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

24 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Agency TownshipMinnesota TownshipAgency TownshipMinnesota Township
Agency Township ↔ Minnesota Township24 miles apart · Same county
Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Agency TownshipMinnesota Township
People
Population 128Lowest 129Highest
Median age 27±39.5Highest 29% below SD 26.6±21.3Lowest 30% below SD
Agency Township and Minnesota Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 27.3%±18.2Lowest SD: 24.2% 43.4%±6.6Highest SD: 24.2%
Minnesota Township and Agency Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 11.7%±25.3Highest SD: 18% 10.9%±28.6Lowest SD: 18%
Agency Township and Minnesota Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.6%Highest SD: 31.9% 0%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.6%±13.5Highest SD: 5% 0%±11Lowest SD: 5%
Agency Township and Minnesota Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±100Highest SD: 39.8% 0%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%
Agency Township and Minnesota Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 16.4%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 91.8%Highest SD: 68.6% 86.5%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1997Highest 17 yrs newer than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 21.4%±24.8Highest SD: 9.7% 20.9%±25.2Lowest SD: 9.7%
Agency Township and Minnesota Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.07Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Sisseton (36%)Sisseton (23%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Minnesota TownshipFew work in Agency Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 9.8%Lowest 26.3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 1.3 miLowest 16.8 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 5Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.2Highest 1.1Lowest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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