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Buffalo Township vs Eden Township

Next-door neighbors in Marshall County. The biggest differences: age 65+ (+44.4 pts in Eden Township) and jobs per worker (4.2× in Eden Township).

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Buffalo Township, SDA small town of 164Marshall County · 164 people
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Eden Township, SDA small town of 187Marshall County · 187 people
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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.

Buffalo TownshipA small town of 164
Quiet strengthsBuffalo Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Eden TownshipA small town of 187
Quiet strengthsEden Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Eden Township →
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.

Age 65++44.4 pts
Eden Township has more people 65 and up
Eden Township 48.7%Buffalo Township 4.3%
Jobs per worker4.2×
Eden Township is more of a job hub
Eden Township 0.25Buffalo Township 0.06
Trails3.5×
Buffalo Township has more miles of trail
Buffalo Township 0.7 miEden Township 0.2 mi
Bachelor’s degree++23.8 pts
More adults in Eden Township have a degree
Eden Township 23.8%Buffalo Township 0%
Typical home built30 yrs
Eden Township’s homes are older
Buffalo Township 1987Eden Township 1957
★ What stands out · Where they are

Buffalo Township and Eden Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Buffalo TownshipEden TownshipBuffalo TownshipEden Township
Buffalo Township ↔ Eden Township6.4 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
Buffalo TownshipEden Township
Snow a year48″48″
January low3°F3°F
July high82°F82°F
Growing season (days)160d160d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd22nd
Outdoors & history
Buffalo TownshipEden Township
Settled—1914
Archive photos2—
Famous people born here1—
Community
Buffalo TownshipEden 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.

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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.

Buffalo TownshipEden Township
People
Population 164Lowest 187Highest
Median age 39.4±42.9Lowest 4% above SD 62.2±9.1Highest 64% above SD
Eden Township and Buffalo Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 25%±21Highest SD: 24.2% 12.3%±16Lowest SD: 24.2%
Buffalo Township and Eden Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 4.3%±21.2Lowest SD: 18% 48.7%±12.8Highest SD: 18%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest SD: 31.9% 23.8%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±8.6 SD: 5% 0%±7.6 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $91,447±$39kHighest 22% above SD $69,500±$48kLowest 7% below SD
Buffalo Township and Eden Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $258,900±$103k about the SD average
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,829Highest 33% below SD $1,762Lowest 35% below SD
Below poverty line 2.4%Lowest SD: 11.9% 6.4%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1987Highest 7 yrs newer than SD 1957Lowest 23 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 25 min 43% above SD
Work from home 0%±15.6Lowest SD: 9.7% 14.7%±8.7Highest SD: 9.7%
Eden Township and Buffalo 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 24.3 miHighest 20.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Lowest 0.25Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Britton (20%)Britton (36%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Eden TownshipFew work in Buffalo Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 50.8%Highest 45%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Lowest 0.8Highest
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.

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