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%

Brandt$510/mo

Typical home $80K (Census) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $729/mo · Housing →

Carthage$460/mo

Typical home $81K (Census) · tax rate 0.53% · Housing →

The difference: $50 a month, about $600 a year, between Brandt and Carthage.

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

BrandtCarthage

Snow a year61″36″

January low2°F 5°F

July high80°F 87°F

Growing season (days)146d 149d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 29th

Outdoors & history

BrandtCarthage

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—23.2%

Settled1880 1883

National Register places—1

Archive photos—2

Famous people born here—2

Community

BrandtCarthage

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

64 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

BrandtSD CarthageSD

Brandt ↔ Carthage64 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

BrandtCarthage

People

Population 82Highest 78Lowest

Median age 51.3±18.3Lowest 35% above SD 53.2±12.8Highest 40% above SD

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

Kids under 18 9.8%±22.3Highest SD: 24.2% 6.4%±32.2Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 14.6%±28.4Lowest SD: 18% 34.6%±26.1Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 9%Lowest SD: 31.9% 15.9%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.7%±13.6Highest SD: 5% 1.3%±13.1Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,625±$40kHighest 19% below SD $46,875±$32kLowest 38% below SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $80,000±$53kLowest 69% below SD $81,300±$29kHighest 68% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $729±$10 23% below SD —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,125Highest 59% below SD $431Lowest 84% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 71.4%±100Highest SD: 39.8% 10%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 12.2%Highest SD: 11.9% 9%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76.9%Lowest SD: 68.6% 81.8%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1947Lowest 33 yrs older than SD 1953Highest 27 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 58 minHighest 227% above SD 28 minLowest 59% above SD

Work from home 6.8%±6.1Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±20Lowest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 6.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 27.3 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Lowest 0.77Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Watertown (18%)Howard (36%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in CarthageFew work in Brandt

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 23.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 15.9Lowest 31.6Highest

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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