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Grant Township vs Ree Heights

50 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (28.3× in Ree Heights) and jobs per worker (3.9× in Ree Heights).

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Grant Township, SDAn outdoors townBeadle County · 34 people
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Ree Heights, SDA small town of 38South Dakota · 38 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.

Ree HeightsA small town of 38
Quiet strengthsRee Heights doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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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
Grant TownshipRee Heights
Snow a year44″44″
January low6°F7°F
July high86°F85°F
Growing season (days)146d152d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)51st62nd
Outdoors & history
Grant TownshipRee Heights
Trails5 mi—
Conserved land37.8%—
Settled—1882
Archive photos—5
Famous people born here—2
Community
Grant TownshipRee Heights
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

50 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Grant Township ↔ Ree Heights50 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.

Grant TownshipRee Heights
People
Population 34Lowest 38Highest
Median age 43.2±20.8Lowest 14% above SD 43.9±36.1Highest 16% above SD
Ree Heights and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 44.1%±60.8Highest SD: 24.2% 5.3%±65.4Lowest SD: 24.2%
Grant Township and Ree Heights are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±100Lowest SD: 18% 34.2%±66.6Highest SD: 18%
Ree Heights 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+ 0%Lowest SD: 31.9% 8.3%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±41.6 SD: 5% 0%±37.2 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $74,196±$9k about the SD average
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $18,100±$12k 93% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly — $259 90% below SD
Below poverty line 26.9%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1938 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 16 min 9% below SD
Work from home 0%±38.5 SD: 9.7% 0%±34.5 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 10.8 miLowest 18.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.12Lowest 0.47Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Huron (52%)Miller (13%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Ree HeightsFew work in Grant Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 37.8%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 4.5 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 2.5Lowest 70.7Highest
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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