Next-door neighbors in Brookings County. The biggest differences: work from home (+70 pts in Oak Lake Township) and jobs per worker (9.1× in Oak Lake Township).
A typical home costs $1,970 more a month in Lake Hendricks 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.
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.
Oak Lake TownshipLake Hendricks Township
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People
Population109Lowest192Highest
Median age60±21.6Lowest 58% above SD63±16.2Highest 66% above SD
Lake Hendricks Township and Oak Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1822.9%±20.2Highest SD: 24.2%8.9%±13.9Lowest SD: 24.2%
Oak Lake Township and Lake Hendricks Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+29.4%±39.2Lowest SD: 18%50%±23.6Highest SD: 18%
Lake Hendricks Township and Oak Lake 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.
