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Okaton Township vs Red Fish Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: trails (9.6× in Okaton Township) and homeowners (+66.7 pts renters in Red Fish Township).

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Okaton Township, SDA small town of 22Jones County · 22 people
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Red Fish Township, SDA small town of 28Mellette County · 28 people
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.

Okaton TownshipA small town of 22
Quiet strengthsOkaton Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Red Fish TownshipA small town of 28
Quiet strengthsRed Fish Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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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.

★ What stands out · Where they are

Okaton Township and Red Fish Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Okaton TownshipRed Fish TownshipOkaton TownshipRed Fish Township
Okaton Township ↔ Red Fish Township7.4 miles apart · They share a border
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
Okaton TownshipRed Fish Township
Snow a year49″49″
January low12°F12°F
July high87°F87°F
Growing season (days)158d158d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th55th
Outdoors & history
Okaton TownshipRed Fish Township
Trails24 mi3 mi
Conserved land0%0%
National Register places—1
Archive photos1—
Community
Okaton TownshipRed Fish 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.

Okaton TownshipRed Fish Township
People
Population 22Lowest 28Highest
Median age 60.1±67.1Highest 58% above SD 49.7±0.3Lowest 31% above SD
Okaton Township and Red Fish Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 22.7%±100Highest SD: 24.2% 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2%
Okaton Township and Red Fish Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±100Lowest SD: 18% 32.1%±100Highest SD: 18%
Red Fish Township and Okaton Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 40%Highest SD: 31.9% 0%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±64.3 SD: 5% 0%±50.5 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $113,438±$48k 51% above SD —
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% —
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 66.7%Highest SD: 68.6% 0%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1997 17 yrs newer than SD —
Getting to work
Work from home 47.1%±48.5 SD: 9.7% —
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 11.3 miLowest 42.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Murdo (48%)White River (20%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Red Fish TownshipFew work in Okaton Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0% 0%
Trailsmapped miles 23.9 miHighest 2.5 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Lowest 1.0Highest
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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