A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Artesian$550/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 1.21% · or rent about $783/mo · Housing →

Goose Lake Township$730/mo

Typical home $118K (Census) · tax rate 1.13% · Housing →

The difference: $180 a month, about $2,200 a year, between Goose Lake Township and Artesian.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

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

ArtesianGoose Lake Township

Snow a year26″31″

January low5°F 12°F

July high86°F 87°F

Growing season (days)140d 165d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)45th 47th

Outdoors & history

ArtesianGoose Lake Township

Trails—30 mi

Conserved land—7%

Archive photos6 —

Community

ArtesianGoose Lake Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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

63 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ArtesianSD Goose Lake TownshipCharles Mix County

Artesian ↔ Goose Lake Township63 miles apart

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.

Only big differences vs South Dakota average

ArtesianGoose Lake Township

People

Population 148Lowest 167Highest

Median age 35.4±9.7Highest 7% below SD 33.8±18.5Lowest 11% below SD

Artesian and Goose Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 35.1%±10.3Lowest SD: 24.2% 36.5%±28.1Highest SD: 24.2%

Goose Lake Township and Artesian are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 13.5%±16Highest SD: 18% 13.2%±18.7Lowest SD: 18%

Artesian and Goose Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 19.1%Highest SD: 31.9% 12.9%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±9.6Lowest SD: 5% 5.4%±9.3Highest SD: 5%

Goose Lake Township and Artesian are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $61,806±$25kHighest 18% below SD $46,875±$39kLowest 38% below SD

Artesian and Goose Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $87,500±$56kLowest 66% below SD $117,500±$81kHighest 54% below SD

Goose Lake Township and Artesian are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $783±$230 17% below SD —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,058Lowest 61% below SD $1,333Highest 51% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 83.3%±100 SD: 39.8% —

Below poverty line 8.1%Lowest SD: 11.9% 28.7%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.1%Highest SD: 68.6% 83%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1943Lowest 37 yrs older than SD 1965Highest 15 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 48% above SD 10 minLowest 43% below SD

Work from home 10.2%±14.2Lowest SD: 9.7% 19.4%±9.8Highest SD: 9.7%

Goose Lake Township and Artesian 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 20.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.16Highest 0.09Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Woonsocket (19%)Lake Andes (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Goose Lake TownshipFew work in Artesian

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 29.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 92.2Highest 0.6Lowest

South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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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.

Artesian vs Goose Lake Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $180 more a month in Goose Lake Township

What daily life feels like in each

63 miles apart

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