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Cayuga vs Kingston Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (28.1× in Kingston Township) and street grid (15.1× in Cayuga).

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Cayuga, NDA small town of 30North Dakota · 30 people
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Kingston Township, NDA small town of 61Sargent County · 61 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.

CayugaA small town of 30
Quiet strengthsCayuga doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Cayuga →
Kingston TownshipA small town of 61
Quiet strengthsKingston Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Kingston Township →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails28.1×
Kingston Township has more miles of trail
Kingston Township 19.7 miCayuga 0.7 mi
Street grid15.1×
Cayuga has the more walkable street grid
Cayuga 12.1Kingston Township 0.8
Jobs per worker4.2×
Cayuga is more of a job hub
Cayuga 0.25Kingston Township 0.06
Bachelor’s degree++17.2 pts
More adults in Cayuga have a degree
Cayuga 17.2%Kingston Township 0%
Conserved land+15.8 pts
Cayuga has more conserved land
Cayuga 21.8%Kingston Township 6%
Typical home built22 yrs
Cayuga’s homes are older
Kingston Township 1966Cayuga 1944
★ What stands out · Where they are

Cayuga and Kingston Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

CayugaKingston TownshipCayugaKingston Township
Cayuga ↔ Kingston Township3.7 miles apart · They share a border
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
CayugaKingston Township
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)40th40th
Outdoors & history
CayugaKingston Township
Trails—20 mi
Conserved land—6%
Settled1887—
Community
CayugaKingston 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.

CayugaKingston Township
People
Population 30Lowest 61Highest
Median age 61.5±2.6Lowest 71% above ND 67.8±7.7Highest 89% above ND
Kingston Township and Cayuga are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 3.3%±88.4Highest ND: 23.5% 0%±46.4Lowest ND: 23.5%
Cayuga and Kingston Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 33.3%±95.4Lowest ND: 16.5% 63.9%±50.4Highest ND: 16.5%
Kingston Township and Cayuga are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.2%Highest ND: 32.7% 0%Lowest ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±47.1 ND: 7.6% 0%±23.2 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $63,750±$23kHighest 17% below ND $40,313±$23kLowest 47% below ND
Cayuga and Kingston Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,000 59% below ND —
Below poverty line 20%Highest ND: 10.8% 0%Lowest ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% ND: 62.9% 100% ND: 62.9%
Typical home builtmedian year 1944Lowest 38 yrs older than ND 1966Highest 16 yrs older than ND
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 28 min 58% above ND
Work from home 0%±100 ND: 8.1% 0%±40 ND: 8.1%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 20.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Highest 0.06Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Gwinner (46%)Forman (19%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Kingston TownshipFew work in Cayuga
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 21.8%Highest 6%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 19.7 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.5 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 3Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 12.1Highest 0.8Lowest
North 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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