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Logan Township vs Rockdale Township

Next-door neighbors in Hand County. The biggest differences: trails (4× in Rockdale Township) and conserved land (+25.4 pts in Rockdale Township).

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Logan Township, SDA small town of 0Hand County
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Rockdale Township, SDA small town of 90Hand County · 90 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.

Logan TownshipA small town of 0
Quiet strengthsLogan Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Rockdale TownshipA small town of 90
Quiet strengthsRockdale Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Rockdale 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.

Trails4×
Rockdale Township has more miles of trail
Rockdale Township 0.4 miLogan Township 0.1 mi
Conserved land+25.4 pts
Rockdale Township has more conserved land
Rockdale Township 34.6%Logan Township 9.2%
Jobs per worker+56%
Logan Township is more of a job hub
Logan Township 0.25Rockdale Township 0.16
★ What stands out · Where they are

Logan Township and Rockdale Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Logan TownshipRockdale TownshipLogan TownshipRockdale Township
Logan Township ↔ Rockdale Township7.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
–Logan TownshipNot graded BRockdale TownshipBetter than 59% 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
Logan TownshipRockdale Township
Snow a year44″44″
January low7°F7°F
July high85°F85°F
Growing season (days)152d152d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd62nd
Community
Logan TownshipRockdale 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.

Logan TownshipRockdale Township
People
Population 0Lowest 90Highest
Median age — 33.8±41.2 11% below SD
Kids under 18 — 31.1%±33.1 SD: 24.2%
Age 65+ — 26.7%±34.5 SD: 18%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ — 0% SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents — 0%±15.7 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Below poverty line — 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes — 0% SD: 68.6%
Getting to work
Work from home — 0%±16.1 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 46.8 miHighest 43.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.25Highest 0.16Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Clarinda (8%)Miller (18%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Rockdale TownshipFew work in Logan Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 9.2%Lowest 34.6%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 0.4 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4 0.4
Schools
School district —Miller School District 29-4
High school in town —None in town
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

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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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