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Grant Township vs Middleton Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: bachelor’s degree+ (+40.5 pts in Middleton Township) and household income (+40% in Grant Township).

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Grant Township, SDA small town of 490Lincoln County · 490 people
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Middleton Township, SDA small town of 248Turner County · 248 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.

Grant TownshipA small town of 490
Quiet strengthsGrant Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Middleton TownshipA small town of 248
Quiet strengthsMiddleton Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Middleton 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.

Bachelor’s degree++40.5 pts
More adults in Middleton Township have a degree
Middleton Township 68.2%Grant Township 27.7%
Household income+40%
Households in Grant Township earn more
Grant Township $107,021Middleton Township $76,555
Typical home built34 yrs
Middleton Township’s homes are older
Grant Township 1972Middleton Township 1938
Average commute11 min
Grant Township has the shorter commute
Middleton Township 31 minGrant Township 20 min
★ What stands out · Where they are

Grant Township and Middleton Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grant TownshipMiddleton TownshipGrant TownshipMiddleton Township
Grant Township ↔ Middleton Township5.8 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
Grant TownshipMiddleton Township
Snow a year31″31″
January low7°F7°F
July high84°F84°F
Growing season (days)151d151d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd46th
Outdoors & history
Grant TownshipMiddleton Township
National Register places—1
Community
Grant TownshipMiddleton 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.

Grant TownshipMiddleton Township
People
Population 490Highest 248Lowest
Median age 29.3±23.1Lowest 23% below SD 55±23.4Highest 45% above SD
Middleton Township and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 39.2%±31.7Highest SD: 24.2% 20.2%±10.7Lowest SD: 24.2%
Grant Township and Middleton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 6.7%±8Lowest SD: 18% 10.5%±12.6Highest SD: 18%
Middleton Township and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.7%Lowest SD: 31.9% 68.2%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±3.4Lowest SD: 5% 2.4%±5Highest SD: 5%
Middleton Township and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $107,021±$21kHighest 43% above SD $76,555±$969Lowest about the SD average
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,638 3% below SD —
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 91.7%Lowest SD: 68.6% 93.3%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1972Highest 8 yrs older than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 20 minLowest 11% above SD 31 minHighest 72% above SD
Work from home 57.5%±55.3Highest SD: 9.7% 3.5%±4.2Lowest SD: 9.7%
Grant Township and Middleton 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 17.3 miLowest 18.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.19Highest 0.13Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (57%)Sioux Falls (23%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Middleton TownshipFew work in Grant Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.8 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 1.1Lowest 1.3Highest
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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