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Kimball Township vs Plainfield Township

Next-door neighbors in Brule County. The biggest differences: size (26.5× in Kimball Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+48.5 pts in Kimball Township).

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Kimball Township, SDAn outdoors townBrule County · 106 people
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Plainfield Township, SDAn outdoors townBrule County · 4 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.

Kimball TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors49.6% conserved land10 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves All about Kimball Township →
Plainfield TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors20.5% conserved land6.4 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Plainfield 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.

Size26.5×
Kimball Township is the bigger place
Kimball Township 106Plainfield Township 4
Bachelor’s degree++48.5 pts
More adults in Kimball Township have a degree
Kimball Township 48.5%Plainfield Township 0%
Conserved land+29.1 pts
Kimball Township has more conserved land
Kimball Township 49.6%Plainfield Township 20.5%
Jobs per worker+64%
Kimball Township is more of a job hub
Kimball Township 1.64Plainfield Township 1.00
Trails+61%
Kimball Township has more miles of trail
Kimball Township 10.3 miPlainfield Township 6.4 mi
★ What stands out · Where they are

Kimball Township and Plainfield Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Kimball TownshipPlainfield TownshipKimball TownshipPlainfield Township
Kimball Township ↔ Plainfield Township7.1 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
Kimball TownshipPlainfield Township
Snow a year43″38″
January low9°F8°F
July high87°F86°F
Growing season (days)156d153d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th65th
Outdoors & history
Kimball TownshipPlainfield Township
Trails10 mi6 mi
Conserved land49.6%20.5%
Settled1883—
Archive photos2—
Famous people born here2—
Community
Kimball TownshipPlainfield 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.

Kimball TownshipPlainfield Township
People
Population 106Highest 4Lowest
Median age 45.5±10.8 20% above SD —
Kids under 18 30.2%±24.7Highest SD: 24.2% 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2%
Kimball Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 12.3%±31.5Highest SD: 18% 0%±100Lowest SD: 18%
Kimball Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 48.5%Highest SD: 31.9% 0%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 7.5%±14.6Highest SD: 5% 0%±100Lowest SD: 5%
Kimball Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $223,400±$8k 13% below SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,710 37% below SD —
Below poverty line 3.8%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2013 33 yrs newer than SD —
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±22.7 SD: 9.7% 0%±100 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 22.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.64Highest 1.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Kimball (36%)Kimball (20%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Plainfield TownshipFew work in Kimball Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 49.6%Highest 20.5%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 10.3 miHighest 6.4 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.2 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5 0.5
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Kimball Township

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Kimball457 people · $153K homes
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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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