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%

Clyde Township$1,600/mo

Typical home $267K (Census) · tax rate 0.88% · Housing →

Lake Township$1,930/mo

Typical home $340K (Census) · tax rate 0.53% · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Lake Township and Clyde 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

Clyde TownshipLake Township

Snow a year44″51″

January low6°F 3°F

July high86°F 82°F

Growing season (days)146d 149d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)49th 70th

Outdoors & history

Clyde TownshipLake Township

Trails4 mi 0 mi

Conserved land21%11.7%

Community

Clyde TownshipLake 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.

Where they are

107 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Clyde TownshipBeadle County Lake TownshipRoberts County

Clyde Township ↔ Lake Township107 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

Clyde TownshipLake Township

People

Population 268Lowest 283Highest

Median age 58.6±14.7Lowest 54% above SD 60.2±3.7Highest 58% above SD

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

Kids under 18 20.5%±19.7Highest SD: 24.2% 11.3%±9Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 26.9%±8.8Lowest SD: 18% 33.6%±8.1Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 32.9%Lowest SD: 31.9% 33.1%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.3 SD: 5% 0%±5 SD: 5%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $105,703±$41kHighest 41% above SD $76,339±$15kLowest about the SD average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $267,400±$40kLowest 4% above SD $340,000±$87kHighest 32% above SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,344Highest 14% below SD $1,817Lowest 33% below SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% 0%±100 SD: 39.8%

Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 4.6%Highest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 83.5%Lowest SD: 68.6% 92.3%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1964Lowest 16 yrs older than SD 1983Highest 3 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way — 24 min 34% above SD

Work from home 19%±11.3Lowest SD: 9.7% 23.4%±22Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.5%Lowest 5.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 4.8 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.66Highest 0.23Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Huron (54%)Wilmot (16%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lake TownshipFew work in Clyde Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 21%Highest 11.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.4 miHighest 0.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.5Highest 1.6Lowest

South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Clyde Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Clyde Township’s Town Square.

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Bordering Clyde Township

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Huron14,385 people · $159K homes

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Custer Township334 people · $307K homes

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Dearborn Township47 people · $319K homes

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Grant Township34 people

Towns like Clyde Township

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Valley Springs Township223 people · $386K homes

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De Smet Township384 people · $369K homes

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Pleasant Township428 people · $263K homes

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Pickstown275 people · $288K homes

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.

Clyde Township vs Lake Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Lake Township

What daily life feels like in each

107 miles apart

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