28 miles apart in Tripp County. The biggest differences: typical home built (36 yrs in Willow Creek Township) and jobs per worker (+52% in Willow Creek Township).
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
28 miles apart
Straight-line miles between town centers.
Ideal TownshipWillow Creek Township
Ideal Township ↔ Willow Creek Township28 miles apart · Same county
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.
Ideal TownshipWillow Creek Township
Your priorities
People
Population40Highest39Lowest
Median age49.5±71Lowest 30% above SD59.3±27.4Highest 56% above SD
Willow Creek Township and Ideal Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1827.5%±45.2Highest SD: 24.2%0%±72.5Lowest SD: 24.2%
Ideal Township and Willow Creek Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+50%±90.8Highest SD: 18%12.8%±86.9Lowest SD: 18%
Ideal Township and Willow Creek Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
