Next-door neighbors in Day County. The biggest differences: bachelor’s degree+ (+43.9 pts in Rusk Township) and typical home built (19 yrs in Morton 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.
Morton Township$1,470/mo
Typical home $217K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
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.
Morton TownshipRusk Township
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People
Population28Lowest65Highest
Median age71.5±0.5Highest 88% above SD66.6±6.4Lowest 75% above SD
Morton Township and Rusk Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 180%±100Lowest SD: 24.2%12.3%±44Highest SD: 24.2%
Rusk Township and Morton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+100%±82.2Highest SD: 18%69.2%±36.5Lowest SD: 18%
Morton Township and Rusk 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.