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Glover Township vs Strool-Plateau Township

169 miles apart. The biggest differences: conserved land (+48 pts in Glover Township) and trails (2.4× in Strool-Plateau Township).

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Glover Township, SDAn outdoors townEdmunds County · 29 people
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Strool-Plateau Township, SDA small town of 46Perkins County · 46 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.

Strool-Plateau TownshipA small town of 46
Quiet strengthsStrool-Plateau Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Strool-Plateau 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.

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
Glover TownshipStrool-Plateau Township
Snow a year47″40″
January low3°F10°F
July high83°F86°F
Growing season (days)148d144d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th54th
Outdoors & history
Glover TownshipStrool-Plateau Township
Trails4 mi9 mi
Conserved land57.8%9.8%
Community
Glover TownshipStrool-Plateau 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

169 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Glover Township ↔ Strool-Plateau Township169 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.

Glover TownshipStrool-Plateau Township
People
Population 29Lowest 46Highest
Median age 35.3±20.9Highest 7% below SD 32.5±36.2Lowest 14% below SD
Glover Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 37.9%±79.6Highest SD: 24.2% 37%±52.6Lowest SD: 24.2%
Glover Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 17.2%±100Highest SD: 18% 4.3%±72.3Lowest SD: 18%
Glover Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.7%Lowest SD: 31.9% 17.4%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±48.8 SD: 5% 0%±30.7 SD: 5%
Cost of living
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 1968Highest 12 yrs older than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 23.1%±23.8Lowest SD: 9.7% 58.3%±59.5Highest SD: 9.7%
Strool-Plateau Township and Glover 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 14.3 miLowest 43.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.06Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Bowdle (25%)Lemmon (32%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Strool-Plateau TownshipFew work in Glover Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 57.8%Highest 9.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 3.6 miLowest 8.6 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Highest 0.4Lowest
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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