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%

Bridgewater Township$2,120/mo

Typical home $365K (Census) · tax rate 0.68% · Housing →

Taylor Township$2,330/mo

Typical home $356K (Census) · tax rate 1.56% · Housing →

The difference: $210 a month, about $2,500 a year, between Taylor Township and Bridgewater 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.

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

Bridgewater TownshipTaylor Township

Snow a year36″36″

January low6°F 6°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)143d 143d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th 55th

Outdoors & history

Bridgewater TownshipTaylor Township

Trails1 mi 16 mi

Conserved land4.7%1.3%

Archive photos8 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

Bridgewater TownshipTaylor 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

Bridgewater TownshipTaylor Township

People

Population 238Highest 60Lowest

Median age 13.7±29.4Lowest 64% below SD 43±43.3Highest 13% above SD

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

Kids under 18 52.9%±46Highest SD: 24.2% 28.3%±38.1Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 8%±11.5Lowest SD: 18% 38.3%±50.8Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 44.6%Highest SD: 31.9% 18.6%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.9Lowest SD: 5% 10%±11.3Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $41,667±$29k 45% below SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $365,000±$149kHighest 42% above SD $355,600±$288kLowest 38% above SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,464Lowest 10% below SD $5,556Highest 104% above SD

Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 79.1%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1940Highest 40 yrs older than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minHighest 92% above SD 18 minLowest about the SD average

Work from home 14.7%±10.6Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±37Lowest SD: 9.7%

Bridgewater Township and Taylor 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 38.8 miHighest 23.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.05Lowest 0.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (39%)Mitchell (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Taylor TownshipFew work in Bridgewater Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.7%Highest 1.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 16.4 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 0.9Lowest 1.1Highest

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.

Bridgewater Township vs Taylor Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

Bridgewater Township and Taylor Township share a border

A typical home costs $210 more a month in Taylor Township

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