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Plainfield Township vs Kimball Township

Next-door neighbors in Brule County. The biggest differences: size (26.5× in Kimball Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+48.5 pts in Kimball Township).

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Plainfield Township, SDAn outdoors townBrule County · 4 people
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Kimball Township, SDAn outdoors townBrule County · 106 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.

Plainfield TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors20.5% conserved land6.4 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Plainfield Township →
Kimball TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors49.6% conserved land10 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves All about Kimball 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.

Size26.5×
Kimball Township is the bigger place
Kimball Township 106Plainfield Township 4
Bachelor’s degree++48.5 pts
More adults in Kimball Township have a degree
Kimball Township 48.5%Plainfield Township 0%
Conserved land+29.1 pts
Kimball Township has more conserved land
Kimball Township 49.6%Plainfield Township 20.5%
Jobs per worker+64%
Kimball Township is more of a job hub
Kimball Township 1.64Plainfield Township 1.00
Trails+61%
Kimball Township has more miles of trail
Kimball Township 10.3 miPlainfield Township 6.4 mi
★ What stands out · Where they are

Plainfield Township and Kimball Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Plainfield TownshipKimball TownshipPlainfield TownshipKimball Township
Plainfield Township ↔ Kimball Township7.1 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
Plainfield TownshipKimball Township
Snow a year38″43″
January low8°F9°F
July high86°F87°F
Growing season (days)153d156d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th65th
Outdoors & history
Plainfield TownshipKimball Township
Trails6 mi10 mi
Conserved land20.5%49.6%
Settled—1883
Archive photos—2
Famous people born here—2
Community
Plainfield TownshipKimball 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.

Plainfield TownshipKimball Township
People
Population 4Lowest 106Highest
Median age — 45.5±10.8 20% above SD
Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 30.2%±24.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Kimball Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±100Lowest SD: 18% 12.3%±31.5Highest SD: 18%
Kimball Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest SD: 31.9% 48.5%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100Lowest SD: 5% 7.5%±14.6Highest SD: 5%
Kimball Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $223,400±$8k 13% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly — $1,710 37% below SD
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 3.8%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 2013 33 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±100 SD: 9.7% 0%±22.7 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miHighest 16.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Lowest 1.64Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Kimball (20%)Kimball (36%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Kimball TownshipFew work in Plainfield Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 20.5%Lowest 49.6%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 6.4 miLowest 10.3 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.3 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5 0.5
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Plainfield Township

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White Lake Township96 people · $417K homes
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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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