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

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.
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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.
All about Gales 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
Grand TownshipGales Township
Snow a year44″38″
January low7°F8°F
July high85°F86°F
Growing season (days)152d153d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd48th
Community
Grand TownshipGales 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.

Grand Township ↔ Gales 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.

Grand TownshipGales Township
People
Population 55Lowest 57Highest
Median age 28.9±31.4Highest 24% below SD 28.5±47Lowest 25% 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 12.7%±51.2Lowest SD: 24.2% 31.6%±40.1Highest 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+ 0%±63Lowest SD: 18% 17.5%±50Highest 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+ 16.7%Highest SD: 31.9% 5.6%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±25.7Lowest SD: 5% 1.8%±17.8Highest 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%±83.3 SD: 39.8% 0%±100 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 5.3%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 38.5%Lowest SD: 68.6% 50%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 2011Highest 31 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 64 min 262% above SD
Work from home 0%±20.8Lowest SD: 9.7% 18.2%±18.1Highest 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 43.3 miHighest 33.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Miller (8%)White Lake (15%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Gales TownshipFew work in Grand Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 8.7%Lowest 47.9%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.3 miLowest 0.5 miHighest
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 1.2Highest 0.7Lowest
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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