Next-door neighbors in Sargent County. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (3.5× in Jackson Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+19.1 pts in Jackson 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.
Everything, side by side
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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.
Jackson TownshipVerner Township
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People
Population22Lowest39Highest
Median age39.3±40.7Lowest 9% above ND54.4±5.8Highest 52% above ND
Verner Township and Jackson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1845.5%±100Highest ND: 23.5%12.8%±69.4Lowest ND: 23.5%
Jackson Township and Verner Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+13.6%±100Highest ND: 16.5%0%±88.8Lowest ND: 16.5%
Jackson Township and Verner 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.