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Plainfield TownshipWhite Lake Township

People

Population 4Lowest 96Highest

Median age — 44.8±19.4 18% above SD

Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 17.7%±22.3Highest SD: 24.2%

White Lake 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% 26%±30.8Highest SD: 18%

White Lake 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% 30.6%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100 SD: 5% 0%±14.7 SD: 5%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $77,813±$14k 4% above SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $416,700±$327k 62% above SD

Property taxmedian, yearly — $1,500 45% below SD

Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 72.1%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year — 1959 21 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way — 24 min 37% above SD

Work from home 0%±100Lowest SD: 9.7% 22.8%±19.1Highest SD: 9.7%

White Lake Township and Plainfield Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miLowest 35.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.00Highest 0.28Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kimball (20%)Mitchell (21%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in White Lake TownshipFew work in Plainfield Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 20.5%Lowest 21.2%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 6.4 miHighest 3.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.5Lowest 0.9Highest

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.

Plainfield Township vs White Lake Township

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