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.

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Iona TownshipAmerica Township

People

Population 11Lowest 118Highest

Median age — 30.6±15 19% below SD

Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 41.5%±31.5Highest SD: 24.2%

America Township and Iona Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 100%±100Highest SD: 18% 10.2%±27.6Lowest SD: 18%

Iona Township and America Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 45.5%Lowest SD: 31.9% 56.5%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100 SD: 5% 0%±12 SD: 5%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $61,087±$1k 19% below SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $308,700±$161k 20% above SD

Property taxmedian, yearly — $2,087 23% below SD

Below poverty line 54.5%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 0%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 2011Highest 31 yrs newer than SD

Getting to work

Work from home — 46.9%±45.9 SD: 9.7%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 60.3 miHighest 30.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.35Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Oacoma (13%)Kimball (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in America TownshipFew work in Iona Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 12.2%Lowest 19.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 89.1 miHighest 3.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.1Lowest 0.7Highest

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.

Iona Township vs America Township

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