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%

Aurora Township$2,360/mo

Typical home $425K (Census) · tax rate 0.38% · Housing →

Baker Township$930/mo

Typical home $138K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $1,440 a month, about $17,200 a year, between Aurora Township and Baker Township.

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.

Where they are

Aurora Township and Baker Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Aurora TownshipBaker Township

Aurora Township ↔ Baker Township5.9 miles apart · They share a border

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

Aurora TownshipBaker Township

Snow a year38″41″

January low8°F 9°F

July high86°F 87°F

Growing season (days)153d 167d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 49th

Outdoors & history

Aurora TownshipBaker Township

Trails—6 mi

Conserved land—3.9%

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Community

Aurora TownshipBaker 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.

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Only big differences vs South Dakota average

Aurora TownshipBaker Township

People

Population 124Highest 56Lowest

Median age 8.5±20.5Lowest 78% below SD 31.5±28.3Highest 17% below SD

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

Kids under 18 54%±29.8Highest SD: 24.2% 32.1%±38.2Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 6.5%±26.3Lowest SD: 18% 10.7%±47.4Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 35.1%Highest SD: 31.9% 3.3%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±11.4Lowest SD: 5% 14.3%±22.2Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $93,636±$5kHighest 25% above SD $85,893±$42kLowest 14% above SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $425,000±$192kHighest 65% above SD $137,500±$30kLowest 47% below SD

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,614 41% below SD —

Below poverty line 2.4%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 90%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1953Lowest 27 yrs older than SD 2012Highest 32 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way — 16 min 11% below SD

Work from home 5.7%±5.1Lowest SD: 9.7% 10.7%±10.3Highest SD: 9.7%

Baker Township and Aurora 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 20.8 miHighest 17.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.29Lowest 0.79Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Plankinton (17%)Mitchell (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Baker TownshipFew work in Aurora Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 26.2%Highest 3.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 5.6 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.1Highest 1.0Lowest

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.

Aurora Township vs Baker Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,440 more a month in Aurora Township

Aurora Township and Baker Township share a border

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