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Firesteel Township vs Cooper Township

Next-door neighbors in Aurora County. The biggest differences: seasonal homes (+100 pts in Cooper Township) and trails (4× in Cooper Township).

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Firesteel Township, SDA small town of 40Aurora County · 40 people
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Cooper Township, SDAn outdoors townAurora County
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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.

Firesteel TownshipA small town of 40
Quiet strengthsFiresteel Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Firesteel Township →
Cooper TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors30.3% conserved land3.6 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Cooper 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.

Seasonal homes+100 pts
Cooper Township has more second homes
Cooper Township 100%Firesteel Township 0%
Trails4×
Cooper Township has more miles of trail
Cooper Township 3.6 miFiresteel Township 0.9 mi
Conserved land+19.5 pts
Cooper Township has more conserved land
Cooper Township 30.3%Firesteel Township 10.8%
Street grid+75%
Firesteel Township has the more walkable street grid
Firesteel Township 0.7Cooper Township 0.4
★ What stands out · Where they are

Firesteel Township and Cooper Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Firesteel TownshipCooper TownshipFiresteel TownshipCooper Township
Firesteel Township ↔ Cooper Township5.1 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
Firesteel TownshipCooper Township
Snow a year38″38″
January low8°F8°F
July high86°F86°F
Growing season (days)153d153d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th48th
Outdoors & history
Firesteel TownshipCooper Township
Trails—4 mi
Conserved land—30.3%
Archive photos1—
Community
Firesteel TownshipCooper 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.

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.

Firesteel TownshipCooper Township
People
Population 40Highest 0Lowest
Median age 42.2±41.7 11% above SD —
Kids under 18 35%±54.5 SD: 24.2% —
Age 65+ 17.5%±79.4 SD: 18% —
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.6% SD: 31.9% —
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 12.5%±28.7 SD: 5% —
Cost of living
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $569,400±$316k 121% above SD —
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% —
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 81.3% SD: 68.6% —
Typical home builtmedian year 2003 23 yrs newer than SD —
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±52.6 SD: 9.7% —
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.8 miLowest 53.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.86Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Plankinton (26%)Mitchell (29%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Cooper TownshipFew work in Firesteel Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 10.8%Lowest 30.3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.9 miLowest 3.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Highest 0.4Lowest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Firesteel Township

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Bristol Township22 people
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Plankinton Township295 people · $245K homes
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Palatine Township59 people

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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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