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Garfield Township vs Baker Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (28× in Baker Township) and jobs per worker (9.9× in Baker Township).

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Garfield Township, SDA small town of 66Douglas County · 66 people
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Baker Township, SDA small town of 56Davison County · 56 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.

Garfield TownshipA small town of 66
Quiet strengthsGarfield Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Baker TownshipA small town of 56
Quiet strengthsBaker Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Baker 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.

Trails28×
Baker Township has more miles of trail
Baker Township 5.6 miGarfield Township 0.2 mi
Jobs per worker9.9×
Baker Township is more of a job hub
Baker Township 0.79Garfield Township 0.08
★ What stands out · Where they are

Garfield Township and Baker Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Garfield TownshipBaker TownshipGarfield TownshipBaker Township
Garfield Township ↔ Baker Township5.7 miles apart · They share a border
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
Garfield TownshipBaker Township
Snow a year34″41″
January low10°F9°F
July high88°F87°F
Growing season (days)157d167d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)35th49th
Outdoors & history
Garfield TownshipBaker Township
Trails—6 mi
Conserved land—3.9%
Community
Garfield TownshipBaker 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.

Garfield TownshipBaker Township
People
Population 66Highest 56Lowest
Median age 45.8±3.2Highest 21% above SD 31.5±28.3Lowest 17% below SD
Garfield Township and Baker Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 31.8%±44.3Lowest SD: 24.2% 32.1%±38.2Highest SD: 24.2%
Baker Township and Garfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±52.5Lowest SD: 18% 10.7%±47.4Highest SD: 18%
Baker Township and Garfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest SD: 31.9% 3.3%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±21.4Lowest SD: 5% 14.3%±22.2Highest SD: 5%
Baker Township and Garfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $85,893±$42k 14% above SD
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $137,500±$30k 47% below SD
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 2012 32 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 16 min 11% below SD
Work from home 0%±15.2Lowest SD: 9.7% 10.7%±10.3Highest SD: 9.7%
Baker Township and Garfield 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 25.3 miHighest 17.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.08Lowest 0.79Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Corsica (18%)Mitchell (38%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Baker TownshipFew work in Garfield Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0.4%Lowest 3.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 5.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.2Highest 1.0Lowest
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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