Next-door neighbors in Perkins County. The biggest differences: household income (4.2× in Lone Tree Township) and work from home (+38.1 pts in Chance Township).
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
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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.
Chance TownshipLone Tree Township
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People
Population83Highest34Lowest
Median age24.7±20.4Lowest 35% below SD54.8±18.2Highest 44% above SD
Lone Tree Township and Chance Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1836.1%±30.7Highest SD: 24.2%0%±83.2Lowest SD: 24.2%
Chance Township and Lone Tree Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+13.3%±37.4Lowest SD: 18%29.4%±81.4Highest SD: 18%
Lone Tree Township and Chance 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.