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%

Colton$2,080/mo

Typical home $337K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.13% · or rent about $736/mo · Housing →

Alban Township$1,500/mo

Typical home $242K (Census) · tax rate 1.14% · Housing →

The difference: $580 a month, about $7,000 a year, between Colton and Alban 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

ColtonAlban Township

Snow a year40″32″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)31st 53rd

Outdoors & history

ColtonAlban Township

Trails0 mi 1 mi

Conserved land0%1.5%

Community

ColtonAlban Township

Library hours a week12 hrs —

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

99 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

ColtonSD Alban TownshipGrant County

Colton ↔ Alban Township99 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

ColtonAlban Township

People

Population 736Lowest 740Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.4%Highest SD: +8.9% +3.1%Lowest SD: +8.9%

Median age 41.3±4.9Lowest 9% above SD 45.9±9.1Highest 21% above SD

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

Kids under 18 27.2%±5.8Highest SD: 24.2% 22.2%±5.8Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 16.6%±1.6Lowest SD: 18% 19.2%±10.1Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.6%Highest SD: 31.9% 5.1%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±1.5Highest SD: 5% 0%±1.9Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $83,750±$28kLowest 12% above SD $106,860±$14kHighest 42% above SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $192,900±$33kLowest 25% below SD $241,800±$27kHighest 6% below SD

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $736±$143 22% below SD —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,185Lowest 20% below SD $2,762Highest about the SD average

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 28.9%±33Lowest SD: 39.8% 35.8%±60.3Highest SD: 39.8%

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

Below poverty line 14.3%Highest SD: 11.9% 0.1%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 68.1%Lowest SD: 68.6% 79.3%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1961Lowest 19 yrs older than SD 1983Highest 3 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 46% above SD 10 minLowest 44% below SD

Work from home 8%±3.9Lowest SD: 9.7% 20.4%±15.1Highest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.3%Lowest 5.5%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 19.3 miHighest 8.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 1.36Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (51%)Milbank (38%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Alban TownshipFew work in Colton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 77.6Highest 1.8Lowest

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.

Colton vs Alban Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $580 more a month in Colton

What daily life feels like in each

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