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Hillside Township vs Clark Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: bachelor’s degree+ (+64 pts in Clark Township) and homeowners (+50 pts renters in Hillside Township).

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Hillside Township, SDAn outdoors townEdmunds County · 50 people
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Clark Township, SDAn outdoors townFaulk County · 33 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.

Hillside TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors89.1% conserved land3.5 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Hillside Township →
Clark TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors94.5% conserved land5.9 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Clark 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++64 pts
More adults in Clark Township have a degree
Clark Township 64%Hillside Township 0%
Homeowners+50 pts renters
Hillside Township has more renters
Clark Township 100%Hillside Township 50%
Trails+69%
Clark Township has more miles of trail
Clark Township 5.9 miHillside Township 3.5 mi
★ What stands out · Where they are

Hillside Township and Clark Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Hillside TownshipClark TownshipHillside TownshipClark Township
Hillside Township ↔ Clark Township4.9 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
Hillside TownshipClark Township
Snow a year35″35″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)25th37th
Outdoors & history
Hillside TownshipClark Township
Trails4 mi6 mi
Conserved land89.1%94.5%
Community
Hillside TownshipClark 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.

Hillside TownshipClark Township
People
Population 50Highest 33Lowest
Median age 11.5±8Lowest 70% below SD 32.2±33.1Highest 15% below SD
Clark Township and Hillside Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 62%±19.9Highest SD: 24.2% 24.2%±76.1Lowest SD: 24.2%
Hillside Township and Clark Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±69.3Lowest SD: 18% 24.2%±96.7Highest SD: 18%
Clark Township and Hillside 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% 64%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±28.3 SD: 5% 0%±42.9 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $46,429±$15k 38% below SD
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $70,000±$37k 73% below SD
Below poverty line 66%Highest SD: 11.9% 6.1%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 50%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1973 7 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 35.7%±22.1Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±50Lowest SD: 9.7%
Hillside Township and Clark 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 21.8 miLowest 51.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.27Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Bowdle (36%)Davenport (20%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Clark TownshipFew work in Hillside Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 89.1%Lowest 94.5%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 3.5 miLowest 5.9 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.2 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Highest 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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