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Franklin Township vs Greenview Township

Next-door neighbors in Steele County. The biggest differences: size (19.3× in Greenview Township) and homeowners (+57.7 pts renters in Greenview Township).

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Franklin Township, NDA small town of 7Steele County · 7 people
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Greenview Township, NDAn outdoors townSteele County · 135 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.

Franklin TownshipA small town of 7
Quiet strengthsFranklin Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Franklin Township →
Greenview TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors13.1% conserved land22 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Greenview 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.

Size19.3×
Greenview Township is the bigger place
Greenview Township 135Franklin Township 7
Homeowners+57.7 pts renters
Greenview Township has more renters
Franklin Township 100%Greenview Township 42.3%
Bachelor’s degree++36.9 pts
More adults in Franklin Township have a degree
Franklin Township 42.9%Greenview Township 6%
★ What stands out · Where they are

Franklin Township and Greenview Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Franklin TownshipGreenview TownshipFranklin TownshipGreenview Township
Franklin Township ↔ Greenview Township6.0 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
Franklin TownshipGreenview Township
Snow a year42″42″
January low-3°F-3°F
July high79°F79°F
Growing season (days)128d128d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th48th
Outdoors & history
Franklin TownshipGreenview Township
Trails18 mi22 mi
Conserved land8.8%13.1%
Community
Franklin TownshipGreenview 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.

Franklin TownshipGreenview Township
People
Population 7Lowest 135Highest
Median age — 42.6±2.1 19% above ND
Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest ND: 23.5% 35.6%±35.1Highest ND: 23.5%
Greenview Township and Franklin Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 100%±100Highest ND: 16.5% 17.8%±22.9Lowest ND: 16.5%
Franklin Township and Greenview Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.9%Highest ND: 32.7% 6%Lowest ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100 ND: 7.6% 0%±10.5 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $2,499 97% below ND
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $115,000±$80k 54% below ND
Property taxmedian, yearly — $733 70% below ND
Below poverty line 0%Lowest ND: 10.8% 62.2%Highest ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest ND: 62.9% 42.3%Lowest ND: 62.9%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1971 11 yrs older than ND
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 17 min 5% below ND
Work from home — 0%±17.9 ND: 8.1%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miLowest 20.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.13Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Crystal (13%)Finley (31%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Greenview TownshipFew work in Franklin Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 8.8%Lowest 13.1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 18.1 miLowest 22.0 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miLowest 0.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4 0.4
North 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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