Next-door neighbors in Brown County. The biggest differences: median age (48.6 yrs in Bates Township) and homeowners (+16.7 pts renters in Garden Prairie Township).
Bates Township and Garden Prairie Township share a border
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Bates TownshipGarden Prairie Township
Bates Township ↔ Garden Prairie Township6.4 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
Report cards
Grades and rankings, side by side
Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.
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.
Bates TownshipGarden Prairie Township
Your priorities
People
Population49Lowest91Highest
Median age65.1±18.6Highest 71% above SD16.5±0.3Lowest 57% below SD
Kids under 180%±57.7Lowest SD: 24.2%60.4%±79.1Highest SD: 24.2%
Garden Prairie Township and Bates Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+55.1%±77.5Highest SD: 18%0%±38.1Lowest SD: 18%
Bates Township and Garden Prairie Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.