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Patten Township vs Pleasant Valley Township

Next-door neighbors in Aurora County. The biggest differences: work from home (+72.9 pts in Pleasant Valley Township) and median age (35.7 yrs in Pleasant Valley Township).

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Patten Township, SDA small town of 97Aurora County · 97 people
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Pleasant Valley Township, SDAn outdoors townAurora County · 16 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.

Patten TownshipA small town of 97
Quiet strengthsPatten 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 part ways

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

Patten Township and Pleasant Valley Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Patten TownshipPleasant Valley TownshipPatten TownshipPleasant Valley Township
Patten Township ↔ Pleasant Valley Township6.1 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
Patten TownshipPleasant Valley Township
Snow a year38″38″
January low8°F8°F
July high86°F86°F
Growing season (days)153d153d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th48th
Outdoors & history
Patten TownshipPleasant Valley Township
Trails—4 mi
Conserved land—18.4%
National Register places2—
Community
Patten TownshipPleasant Valley 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.

Patten TownshipPleasant Valley Township
People
Population 97Highest 16Lowest
Median age 36.3±20.7Lowest 4% below SD 72±5Highest 89% above SD
Kids under 18 46.4%±50.3Highest SD: 24.2% 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2%
Patten Township and Pleasant Valley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 4.1%±32.7Lowest SD: 18% 87.5%±100Highest SD: 18%
Pleasant Valley Township and Patten Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 23.1%Highest SD: 31.9% 0%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±14.6 SD: 5% 0%±88.4 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $425,000±$406k 65% above SD
Property taxmedian, yearly $4,792Highest 76% above SD $4,083Lowest 50% above SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% —
Below poverty line 4.1%Lowest SD: 11.9% 31.3%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 88.5%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1985Lowest 5 yrs newer than SD 1986Highest 6 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 27.1%±29Lowest SD: 9.7% 100%Highest SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 36.3 miLowest 95.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00
Top workplaceoutside town Plankinton (13%)Sioux Falls (38%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pleasant Valley TownshipFew work in Patten Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 17.9%Lowest 18.4%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 4.0 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Lowest 0.8Highest
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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