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Fruitdale vs Pleasant View Township

267 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (23.9× in Fruitdale) and jobs per worker (3.7× in Fruitdale).

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Fruitdale, SDA small town of 134South Dakota · 134 people
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Pleasant View Township, SDA small town of 71Beadle County · 71 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.

FruitdaleA small town of 134
Quiet strengthsFruitdale doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Pleasant View TownshipA small town of 71
Quiet strengthsPleasant View Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Pleasant View 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.

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
FruitdalePleasant View Township
Snow a year42″44″
January low13°F6°F
July high87°F86°F
Growing season (days)143d146d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)77th41st
Outdoors & history
FruitdalePleasant View Township
Trails—1 mi
Conserved land—10.9%
Settled1911—
Community
FruitdalePleasant View 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

267 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Fruitdale ↔ Pleasant View Township267 miles apart
Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

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FruitdalePleasant View Township
People
Population 134Highest 71Lowest
Median age 20.5±35.6Highest 46% below SD 16.6±43.7Lowest 56% below SD
Fruitdale and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 48.5%±10.9Lowest SD: 24.2% 53.5%±30.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Pleasant View Township and Fruitdale are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 21.6%±25.7Highest SD: 18% 21.1%±44Lowest SD: 18%
Fruitdale and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.2%Highest SD: 31.9% 33.3%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.7%±7.8Highest SD: 5% 0%±19.9Lowest SD: 5%
Fruitdale and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $17,450±$10k 77% below SD —
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $164,400±$5k 36% below SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $896Highest 67% below SD $840Lowest 69% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50%±100 SD: 39.8% —
Below poverty line 57.5%Highest SD: 11.9% 18.3%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 89.8%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 1984Highest 4 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 26 min 43% above SD —
Work from home 4.3%±7.6Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±50Lowest SD: 9.7%
Fruitdale and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.8 miHighest 18.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.11Highest 0.03Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Belle Fourche (14%)Huron (27%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pleasant View TownshipFew work in Fruitdale
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 10.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.0 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 35.9Highest 1.5Lowest
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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