A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Geddes$540/mo

Typical home $88K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · Housing →

Rhoda Township$1,140/mo

Typical home $169K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →

The difference: $600 a month, about $7,200 a year, between Rhoda Township and Geddes.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Geddes and Rhoda Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

GeddesRhoda Township

Geddes ↔ Rhoda Township4.1 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

1 Rhoda Township residents work in Geddes (2% of its workers)

Work & commute in Rhoda Township →

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

GeddesRhoda Township

Snow a year46″46″

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st 51st

Outdoors & history

GeddesRhoda Township

Trails—13 mi

Conserved land—10.4%

Settled1900 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos4 —

Community

GeddesRhoda Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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?

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Only big differences vs South Dakota average

GeddesRhoda Township

People

Population 158Highest 121Lowest

Median age 58.8±21.5Highest 55% above SD 30.1±12Lowest 21% below SD

Geddes and Rhoda Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 17.1%±10.1Lowest SD: 24.2% 26.4%±29Highest SD: 24.2%

Rhoda Township and Geddes are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 38.6%±11.3Highest SD: 18% 9.9%±29.8Lowest SD: 18%

Geddes and Rhoda Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 21%Lowest SD: 31.9% 25.8%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.5%±3.1Highest SD: 5% 0%±11.7Lowest SD: 5%

Geddes and Rhoda Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $60,000±$20kLowest 20% below SD $138,875±$55kHighest 85% above SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $88,100±$20kLowest 66% below SD $168,800±$151kHighest 34% below SD

Rhoda Township and Geddes are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $933 66% below SD —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 40%±100Highest SD: 39.8% 0%±100Lowest SD: 39.8%

Geddes and Rhoda Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 3.8%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.1%Highest SD: 68.6% 73.9%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1952Highest 28 yrs older than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 min 28% above SD —

Work from home 5.1%±6Lowest SD: 9.7% 8.5%±10.6Highest SD: 9.7%

Rhoda Township and Geddes 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 12.3 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.56Highest 0.20Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Platte (39%)Platte (46%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rhoda Township2% work in Geddes

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 10.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 12.9 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 73.8Highest 0.8Lowest

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.

Geddes vs Rhoda Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $600 more a month in Rhoda Township

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