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%

Day Township$2,000/mo

Typical home $346K (Census) · tax rate 0.65% · Housing →

Riverside Township$1,910/mo

Typical home $327K (Census) · tax rate 0.71% · Housing →

The difference: $90 a month, about $1,100 a year, between Day Township and Riverside 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

Day TownshipRiverside Township

Snow a year—31″

January low—7°F

July high—84°F

Growing season (days)—151d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 66th

Outdoors & history

Day TownshipRiverside Township

Trails4 mi 3 mi

Conserved land57.7%0.5%

National Register places—2

Community

Day TownshipRiverside 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

129 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Day TownshipClark County Riverside TownshipClay County

Day Township ↔ Riverside Township129 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

Day TownshipRiverside Township

People

Population 178Highest 161Lowest

Median age 40.3±48.6 6% above SD 40.3±30 6% above SD

Kids under 18 47.8%±5.2Highest SD: 24.2% 31.7%±16.4Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 7.3%±18.1Lowest SD: 18% 37.9%±20.4Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 36.6%Lowest SD: 31.9% 38.2%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±7.9Lowest SD: 5% 2.5%±7.2Highest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $117,750±$31kHighest 57% above SD $106,719±$42kLowest 42% above SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $345,700±$93kHighest 34% above SD $326,900±$140kLowest 27% above SD

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,242Lowest 18% below SD $2,318Highest 15% below SD

Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 7 yrs older than SD 2001Highest 21 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way — 27 min 51% above SD

Work from home 24.6%±27.8Highest SD: 9.7% 14.3%±16Lowest SD: 9.7%

Day Township and Riverside 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 28.8 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.03Highest 0.24Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Clark (24%)Vermillion (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Riverside TownshipFew work in Day Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 57.7%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 4.1 miHighest 2.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Lowest 1.3Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

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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.

Day Township vs Riverside Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs about the same each month

What daily life feels like in each

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