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Fairview Township vs Vermillion

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (25× in Vermillion) and size (22.2× in Vermillion).

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Fairview Township, SDA small town of 535Clay County · 535 people
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Vermillion, SDA history townSouth Dakota · 11,878 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.

Fairview TownshipA small town of 535
Quiet strengthsFairview Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Fairview Township →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

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

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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.

Fairview Township$1,680/mo
Typical home $298K (Census) · tax rate 0.49% · Housing →
Vermillion$1,790/mo
Typical home $276K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.47% · or rent about $764/mo · Housing →

The difference: $100 a month, about $1,300 a year, between Vermillion and Fairview 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.

Where they are

Fairview Township and Vermillion share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

Fairview TownshipVermillionFairview TownshipVermillion
Fairview Township ↔ Vermillion3.5 miles apart · They share a border
Who commutes between them
86 Fairview Township residents work in Vermillion (33.2% of its workers)
Work & commute in Fairview Township →
Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

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
Fairview TownshipVermillion
Snow a year36″36″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)66th46th
Outdoors & history
Fairview TownshipVermillion
Trails5 mi3 mi
Conserved land1.2%3%
Settled—1859
National Register places126
Community
Fairview TownshipVermillion
Library hours a week—70 hrs
Colleges in town—1
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.

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.

Fairview TownshipVermillion
People
Population 535Lowest 11,878Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +13%Highest SD: +8.9% +10.6%Lowest SD: +8.9%
Median age 43.5±15.5Highest 14% above SD 23.1±0.6Lowest 39% below SD
Kids under 18 26.9%±8.7Highest SD: 24.2% 14.9%±2.1Lowest SD: 24.2%
Age 65+ 12.7%±8.2Highest SD: 18% 9.6%±1.7Lowest SD: 18%
Fairview Township and Vermillion are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.5%Lowest SD: 31.9% 50.6%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.7%±4Lowest SD: 5% 37.7%±3Highest SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $99,219±$35kHighest 32% above SD $50,456±$5kLowest 33% below SD
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $297,600±$100kHighest 16% above SD $219,000±$29kLowest 15% below SD
Fairview Township and Vermillion are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly — $764±$51 19% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,464Lowest 46% below SD $3,214Highest 18% above SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±100Highest SD: 39.8% 50.8%±12.8Lowest SD: 39.8%
Fairview Township and Vermillion are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 24.4%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 80.5%Highest SD: 68.6% 42%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 8 yrs older than SD 1978Highest 2 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 25% above SD 17 minLowest 5% below SD
Work from home 15.5%±11.2Highest SD: 9.7% 6.4%±2.9Lowest SD: 9.7%
Fairview Township and Vermillion are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 1.5%Lowest 47.6%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.3 miHighest 2.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.36Lowest 1.12Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Vermillion (33%)Sioux Falls (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 33% work in VermillionFew work in Fairview Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 1.2%Lowest 3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 5.0 miHighest 2.7 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 7Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.6Lowest 65.0Highest
Schools
Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#9 of 34 in SD
School district —Vermillion School District 13-1
High school in town —Vermillion High School - 01
Students per teacherat that high school — 15.0
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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