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Eagle Township vs Raymond

112 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (121× in Raymond) and typical home built (75 yrs in Raymond).

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Eagle Township, SDAn outdoors townBrule County · 53 people
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Raymond, SDA small town of 82South Dakota · 82 people
Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

RaymondA small town of 82
Quiet strengthsRaymond doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

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
Eagle TownshipRaymond
Snow a year42″22″
January low11°F—
July high87°F—
Growing season (days)159d—
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th39th
Outdoors & history
Eagle TownshipRaymond
Trails13 mi—
Conserved land19.1%—
Settled—1883
National Register places—1
Archive photos—3
Community
Eagle TownshipRaymond
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined01

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

112 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Eagle Township ↔ Raymond112 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.

Eagle TownshipRaymond
People
Population 53Lowest 82Highest
Median age 30±46.4Lowest 21% below SD 30.6±18.8Highest 19% below SD
Raymond and Eagle Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 15.1%±47.3Lowest SD: 24.2% 34.1%±28.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Raymond and Eagle Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 17%±60.2Highest SD: 18% 13.4%±32.5Lowest SD: 18%
Eagle Township and Raymond are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 10.5%Highest SD: 31.9% 7.4%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.5%±19.9Highest SD: 5% 0%±17.2Lowest SD: 5%
Eagle Township and Raymond are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $58,750±$23kLowest 22% below SD $75,000±$69kHighest about the SD average
Raymond and Eagle Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $42,800±$7k 83% below SD
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 11%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 95.8%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2013Highest 33 yrs newer than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 53.8%±46Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±38.5Lowest SD: 9.7%
Eagle Township and Raymond 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 22.8 miLowest 23.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00
Top workplaceoutside town Chamberlain (17%)Clark (15%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in RaymondFew work in Eagle Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 19.1%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 13.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.8Lowest 96.8Highest
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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