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.

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Only big differences vs South Dakota average

Draper TownshipDunkel Township

People

Population 48Highest 6Lowest

Median age 33.3±34.7 12% below SD —

Kids under 18 45.8%±52.3Highest SD: 24.2% 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 22.9%±68.5Lowest SD: 18% 100%±100Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 57.7%Highest SD: 31.9% 0%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±29.5 SD: 5% 0%±100 SD: 5%

Cost of living

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,143 58% below SD —

Below poverty line 14.6%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

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

Typical home builtmedian year 1958 22 yrs older than SD —

Getting to work

Work from home 0%±55.6 SD: 9.7% —

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.3 miLowest 12.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00

Top workplaceoutside town Murdo (56%)Murdo (50%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Dunkel TownshipFew work in Draper Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%

Trailsmapped miles 12.8 miHighest 6.4 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.0Highest 0.9Lowest

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.

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