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Bad Nation Township vs Rosebud Township

Next-door neighbors in Mellette County. The biggest differences: trails (3.2× in Rosebud Township).

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Bad Nation Township, SDA small town of 19Mellette County · 19 people
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Rosebud Township, SDA small town of 0Mellette County
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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.

Bad Nation TownshipA small town of 19
Quiet strengthsBad Nation Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Rosebud TownshipA small town of 0
Quiet strengthsRosebud Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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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.

Trails3.2×
Rosebud Township has more miles of trail
Rosebud Township 3.8 miBad Nation Township 1.2 mi
★ What stands out · Where they are

Bad Nation Township and Rosebud Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bad Nation TownshipRosebud TownshipBad Nation TownshipRosebud Township
Bad Nation Township ↔ Rosebud Township5.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
Bad Nation TownshipRosebud Township
Snow a year50″50″
January low11°F11°F
July high88°F88°F
Growing season (days)143d143d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th55th
Outdoors & history
Bad Nation TownshipRosebud Township
Trails1 mi4 mi
Conserved land4.3%0%
Community
Bad Nation TownshipRosebud 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.

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.

Bad Nation TownshipRosebud Township
People
Population 19Highest 0Lowest
Median age 66.1±17.5 74% above SD —
Kids under 18 0%±100 SD: 24.2% —
Age 65+ 52.6%±100 SD: 18% —
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 68.4% SD: 31.9% —
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±74.4 SD: 5% —
Cost of living
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% —
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% —
Typical home builtmedian year 1938 42 yrs older than SD —
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±66.7 SD: 9.7% —
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 35.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.33Highest
Top workplaceoutside town White River (75%)White River (33%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rosebud TownshipFew work in Bad Nation Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 4.3%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 1.2 miLowest 3.8 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.3Lowest 0.4Highest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Bad Nation Township

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Cody Township23 people

Towns like Bad Nation Township

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Rosedale Township20 people · $375K homes

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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