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Great Bend Township vs Three Rivers Township

Next-door neighbors in Spink County. The biggest differences: size (8.1× in Three Rivers Township) and trails (4.3× in Great Bend Township).

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Great Bend Township, SDA small town of 16Spink County · 16 people
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Three Rivers Township, SDAn outdoors townSpink County · 129 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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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 Three Rivers Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Great Bend TownshipThree Rivers TownshipGreat Bend TownshipThree Rivers Township
Great Bend Township ↔ Three Rivers Township6.5 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 TownshipThree Rivers Township
Snow a year43″43″
January low1°F1°F
July high84°F84°F
Growing season (days)137d137d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)29th30th
Outdoors & history
Great Bend TownshipThree Rivers Township
Trails8 mi2 mi
Conserved land3.7%28.4%
Community
Great Bend TownshipThree Rivers 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 TownshipThree Rivers Township
People
Population 16Lowest 129Highest
Median age 34.9±35.3Lowest 8% below SD 49.3±48.2Highest 30% above SD
Three Rivers 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%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 26.4%±22.3Highest SD: 24.2%
Three Rivers Township and Great Bend Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 31.3%±100Lowest SD: 18% 37.2%±21.8Highest SD: 18%
Three Rivers 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% 22.7%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±88.4 SD: 5% 0%±11 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $107,308±$28k 43% above SD
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $418,800±$139k 63% above SD
Property taxmedian, yearly — $2,115 22% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 88.6%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1996 16 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±100Lowest SD: 9.7% 27.5%±29.2Highest SD: 9.7%
Three Rivers Township and Great Bend 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 38.8 miHighest 28.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 8.23Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Redfield (13%)Redfield (23%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Three Rivers TownshipFew work in Great Bend Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Lowest 28.4%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 8.1 miHighest 1.9 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7Lowest 0.8Highest
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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