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Lake Flat Township vs Wall

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (96.7× in Wall) and property tax bill (4.8× in Lake Flat Township).

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Lake Flat Township, SDA small town of 60Pennington County · 60 people
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Wall, SDA regional job hubSouth Dakota · 622 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.

Lake Flat TownshipA small town of 60
Quiet strengthsLake Flat Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Lake Flat Township →
WallA regional job hub
Work468 jobsbased in Wall, a regional job hub SchoolsBetter than 71%of SD districts All about Wall →
The biggest differences

Where they part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Street grid96.7×
Wall has the more walkable street grid
Wall 29.0Lake Flat Township 0.3
Property tax bill4.8×
Tax bills are bigger in Lake Flat Township
Lake Flat Township $8,125Wall $1,709
Trails13.3×
Lake Flat Township has more miles of trail
Lake Flat Township 4.0 miWall 0.3 mi
Home values2.2×
Homes cost more in Lake Flat Township
Lake Flat Township $368,200Wall $164,800
Size10.4×
Wall is the bigger place
Wall 622Lake Flat Township 60
Median age30.5 yrs
Wall skews older
Wall 46.2Lake Flat Township 15.7
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $610 more a month in Lake Flat Township

A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Lake Flat Township$2,610/mo
Typical home $368K (Census) · tax rate 2.21% · Housing →
Wall$2,000/mo
Typical home $327K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.04% · Housing →

The difference: $610 a month, about $7,300 a year, between Lake Flat Township and Wall.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Where they are

Lake Flat Township and Wall share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Lake Flat TownshipWallLake Flat TownshipWall
Lake Flat Township ↔ Wall5.3 miles apart · They share a border
Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools
–Lake Flat TownshipNot graded B+WallBetter than 71% of districts in the state
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
Lake Flat TownshipWall
Snow a year30″30″
January low9°F9°F
July high89°F89°F
Growing season (days)141d141d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)74th74th
Outdoors & history
Lake Flat TownshipWall
Trails4 mi0 mi
Conserved land3.7%0.3%
Settled—1908
Archive photos—6
Famous people born here—1
Community
Lake Flat TownshipWall
Library hours a week—19 hrs
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.

Lake Flat TownshipWall
People
Population 60Lowest 622Highest
Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census — -8.7% SD: +8.9%
Median age 15.7±16.1Lowest 59% below SD 46.2±8.9Highest 22% above SD
Kids under 18 53.3%±48.1Highest SD: 24.2% 18.2%±5.6Lowest SD: 24.2%
Lake Flat Township and Wall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 15%±52.8Lowest SD: 18% 24.1%±6.7Highest SD: 18%
Wall and Lake Flat Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 50%Highest SD: 31.9% 25.4%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±23.6Lowest SD: 5% 1.8%±2.3Highest SD: 5%
Wall and Lake Flat Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $111,042±$24kHighest 48% above SD $58,984±$8kLowest 21% below SD
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $368,200±$112kHighest 43% above SD $164,800±$20kLowest 36% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly $8,125Highest 198% above SD $1,709Lowest 37% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 40.5%±53.6 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 8.8%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 81.8%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 12 yrs older than SD 1971Highest 9 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 17 min 3% below SD
Work from home 21.1%±18.4Highest SD: 9.7% 4.7%±3.8Lowest SD: 9.7%
Lake Flat Township and Wall are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 11.6%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 44.3 miLowest 48.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 1.70Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Rapid City (60%)Rapid City (47%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others 13% work in WallFew work in Lake Flat Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 3.7%Highest 0.3%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 4.0 miHighest 0.3 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.3Lowest 29.0Highest
Schools
School district —Wall School District 51-5
High school in town —Wall High School - 01
Students per teacherat that high school — 12.3
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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