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Great Bend Township vs Harmony Township

Next-door neighbors in Spink County. The biggest differences: trails (3.8× in Harmony Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+14.3 pts in Harmony Township).

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Great Bend Township, SDA small town of 16Spink County · 16 people
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Harmony Township, SDA small town of 7Spink County · 7 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.

Great Bend TownshipA small town of 16
Quiet strengthsGreat Bend Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Harmony TownshipA small town of 7
Quiet strengthsHarmony Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Harmony 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.

★ What stands out · Where they are

Great Bend Township and Harmony Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Great Bend TownshipHarmony TownshipGreat Bend TownshipHarmony Township
Great Bend Township ↔ Harmony Township5.5 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
Great Bend TownshipHarmony Township
Snow a year43″23″
January low1°F—
July high84°F—
Growing season (days)137d—
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th29th
Outdoors & history
Great Bend TownshipHarmony Township
Trails8 mi31 mi
Conserved land3.7%7.2%
National Register places—1
Community
Great Bend TownshipHarmony 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.

Great Bend TownshipHarmony Township
People
Population 16Highest 7Lowest
Median age 34.9±35.3Lowest 8% below SD 64.9±0.6Highest 71% above SD
Harmony Township and Great Bend Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 0%±100 SD: 24.2% 0%±100 SD: 24.2%
Age 65+ 31.3%±100Lowest SD: 18% 42.9%±100Highest SD: 18%
Harmony Township and Great Bend 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% 14.3%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±88.4 SD: 5% 0%±100 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 — 1938 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±100 SD: 9.7% 0%±100 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 38.8 miLowest 39.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.14Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Redfield (13%)Aberdeen (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Harmony TownshipFew work in Great Bend Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Lowest 7.2%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 8.1 miLowest 31.1 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.9 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Highest 0.5Lowest
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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