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Florence Township vs Alden Township

Next-door neighbors in Hand County. The biggest differences: trails (7.5× in Alden Township) and conserved land (+16.7 pts in Alden Township).

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Florence Township, SDA small town of 0Hand County
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Alden Township, SDAn outdoors townHand County · 29 people
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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.

Florence TownshipA small town of 0
Quiet strengthsFlorence Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Florence Township →
Alden TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors36% conserved land1.5 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves All about Alden 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.

Trails7.5×
Alden Township has more miles of trail
Alden Township 1.5 miFlorence Township 0.2 mi
Conserved land+16.7 pts
Alden Township has more conserved land
Alden Township 36%Florence Township 19.3%
Jobs per worker+82%
Florence Township is more of a job hub
Florence Township 0.20Alden Township 0.11
★ What stands out · Where they are

Florence Township and Alden Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Florence TownshipAlden TownshipFlorence TownshipAlden Township
Florence Township ↔ Alden Township5.6 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
Florence TownshipAlden Township
Snow a year44″44″
January low7°F7°F
July high85°F85°F
Growing season (days)152d152d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd62nd
Outdoors & history
Florence TownshipAlden Township
Trails—2 mi
Conserved land—36%
Archive photos2—
Famous people born here1—
Community
Florence TownshipAlden 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.

Florence TownshipAlden Township
People
Population 0Lowest 29Highest
Median age — 64.5±10 70% above SD
Kids under 18 — 0%±97.5 SD: 24.2%
Age 65+ — 41.4%±100 SD: 18%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ — 0% SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents — 0%±48.8 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $76,667±$48k about the SD average
Below poverty line — 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes — 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1993 13 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home — 52.2%±50 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 37.3 miLowest 50.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.20Highest 0.11Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Miller (20%)Miller (33%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Alden TownshipFew work in Florence Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 19.3%Lowest 36%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 1.5 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4Highest 0.3Lowest
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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