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Easter Township vs Osceola Township

80 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (3.4× in Osceola Township) and conserved land (+27.2 pts in Osceola Township).

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Easter Township, SDA small town of 43Roberts County · 43 people
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Osceola Township, SDAn outdoors townBrown County · 44 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.

Easter TownshipA small town of 43
Quiet strengthsEaster Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Easter Township →
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
Easter TownshipOsceola Township
Snow a year48″39″
January low5°F—
July high82°F—
Growing season (days)151d—
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st37th
Outdoors & history
Easter TownshipOsceola Township
Trails6 mi19 mi
Conserved land3.6%30.8%
National Register places1—
Community
Easter TownshipOsceola Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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

80 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Easter Township ↔ Osceola Township80 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.

Easter TownshipOsceola Township
People
Population 43Lowest 44Highest
Median age 70.4±7.6Highest 85% above SD 69.5±68.1Lowest 83% above SD
Easter Township and Osceola Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 0%±65.8Lowest SD: 24.2% 18.2%±58.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Osceola Township and Easter Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 81.4%±57.4Highest SD: 18% 54.5%±70.3Lowest SD: 18%
Easter Township and Osceola Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0% SD: 31.9% 0% SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±32.9Lowest SD: 5% 9.1%±28Highest SD: 5%
Osceola Township and Easter Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $80,662±$32kHighest 7% above SD $80,625±$58kLowest 7% above SD
Easter Township and Osceola Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 60%Lowest SD: 68.6% 77.8%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1977Highest 3 yrs older than SD 1964Lowest 16 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±52.6 SD: 9.7% 0%±100 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.3 miLowest 30.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00
Top workplaceoutside town Sisseton (28%)Aberdeen (30%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Osceola TownshipFew work in Easter Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.6%Lowest 30.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 5.7 miLowest 19.3 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.5 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 0Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5Lowest 0.8Highest
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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