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Gales Township vs Grand Township

61 miles apart. The biggest differences: typical home built (73 yrs in Grand Township) and conserved land (+39.2 pts in Gales Township).

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Gales Township, SDA small town of 57Aurora County · 57 people
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Grand Township, SDA small town of 55Hand County · 55 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.

Gales TownshipA small town of 57
Quiet strengthsGales Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Grand TownshipA small town of 55
Quiet strengthsGrand Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Grand 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
Gales TownshipGrand Township
Snow a year38″44″
January low8°F7°F
July high86°F85°F
Growing season (days)153d152d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th62nd
Community
Gales TownshipGrand 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

61 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Gales Township ↔ Grand Township61 miles apart
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.

Gales TownshipGrand Township
People
Population 57Highest 55Lowest
Median age 28.5±47Lowest 25% below SD 28.9±31.4Highest 24% below SD
Grand Township and Gales Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 31.6%±40.1Highest SD: 24.2% 12.7%±51.2Lowest SD: 24.2%
Gales Township and Grand Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 17.5%±50Highest SD: 18% 0%±63Lowest SD: 18%
Gales Township and Grand Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.6%Lowest SD: 31.9% 16.7%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±17.8Highest SD: 5% 0%±25.7Lowest SD: 5%
Gales Township and Grand Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $80,500±$3k 7% above SD —
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $187,500±$57k 27% below SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,000 27% below SD —
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% 0%±83.3 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 5.3%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 50%Highest SD: 68.6% 38.5%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2011Highest 31 yrs newer than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 64 min 262% above SD —
Work from home 18.2%±18.1Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±20.8Lowest SD: 9.7%
Gales Township and Grand 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 33.3 miLowest 43.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.25Highest
Top workplaceoutside town White Lake (15%)Miller (8%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grand TownshipFew work in Gales Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 47.9%Highest 8.7%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 0.5 miHighest 0.3 miLowest
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 0.7Lowest 1.2Highest
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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