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Glen Township vs Glover Township

Next-door neighbors in Edmunds County. The biggest differences: homeowners (+75 pts renters in Glen Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+50 pts in Glen Township).

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Glen Township, SDAn outdoors townEdmunds County · 12 people
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Glover Township, SDAn outdoors townEdmunds County · 29 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.

Glen TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors74.3% conserved land8.5 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Glen Township →
Glover TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors57.8% conserved land3.6 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Glover 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.

Homeowners+75 pts renters
Glen Township has more renters
Glover Township 100%Glen Township 25%
Bachelor’s degree++50 pts
More adults in Glen Township have a degree
Glen Township 66.7%Glover Township 16.7%
Trails2.4×
Glen Township has more miles of trail
Glen Township 8.5 miGlover Township 3.6 mi
Conserved land+16.5 pts
Glen Township has more conserved land
Glen Township 74.3%Glover Township 57.8%
Size2.4×
Glover Township is the bigger place
Glover Township 29Glen Township 12
★ What stands out · Where they are

Glen Township and Glover Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Glen TownshipGlover TownshipGlen TownshipGlover Township
Glen Township ↔ Glover Township6.5 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
Glen TownshipGlover Township
Snow a year47″47″
January low3°F3°F
July high83°F83°F
Growing season (days)148d148d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th25th
Outdoors & history
Glen TownshipGlover Township
Trails9 mi4 mi
Conserved land74.3%57.8%
Community
Glen TownshipGlover 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.

Glen TownshipGlover Township
People
Population 12Lowest 29Highest
Median age 52±7.4Highest 37% above SD 35.3±20.9Lowest 7% below SD
Glen Township and Glover Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 37.9%±79.6Highest SD: 24.2%
Glover Township and Glen Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 25%±100Highest SD: 18% 17.2%±100Lowest SD: 18%
Glen Township and Glover Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 66.7%Highest SD: 31.9% 16.7%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 8.3%±89.4Highest SD: 5% 0%±48.8Lowest SD: 5%
Glen Township and Glover Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 25%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1968 12 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±83.3Lowest SD: 9.7% 23.1%±23.8Highest SD: 9.7%
Glover Township and Glen 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 48.8 miHighest 14.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.61Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Hosmer (11%)Bowdle (25%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Glover TownshipFew work in Glen Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 74.3%Highest 57.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 8.5 miHighest 3.6 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5Lowest 0.7Highest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Glen Township

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Roscoe316 people · $74K homes
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Bryant Township22 people
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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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