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Pleasant Township vs Mellette

112 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (94.8× in Mellette) and jobs per worker (8.6× in Mellette).

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Pleasant Township, SDAn outdoors townHanson County · 174 people
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Mellette, SDA regional job hubSouth Dakota · 199 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.

Pleasant TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors18% conserved land7.7 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Pleasant Township →
MelletteA regional job hub
Work96 jobsbased in Mellette, a regional job hub All about Mellette →
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.

Street grid94.8×
Mellette has the more walkable street grid
Mellette 123Pleasant Township 1.3
Jobs per worker8.6×
Mellette is more of a job hub
Mellette 1.55Pleasant Township 0.18
Conserved land+18 pts
Pleasant Township has more conserved land
Pleasant Township 18%Mellette 0%
Typical home built13 yrs
Pleasant Township’s homes are older
Mellette 1985Pleasant Township 1972
★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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.

Pleasant Township$1,200/mo
Typical home $203K (Census) · tax rate 0.83% · Housing →
Mellette$1,210/mo
Typical home $201K (Census) · tax rate 0.95% · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools
–Pleasant TownshipNot graded BMelletteBetter than 60% of districts in the state
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
Pleasant TownshipMellette
Snow a year36″43″
January low6°F1°F
July high84°F84°F
Growing season (days)143d137d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)55th30th
Outdoors & history
Pleasant TownshipMellette
Trails8 mi—
Conserved land18%—
Settled—1881
Famous people born here—1
Community
Pleasant TownshipMellette
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.

Where they are

112 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pleasant TownshipHanson CountyMelletteSD
Pleasant Township ↔ Mellette112 miles apart
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.

Pleasant TownshipMellette
People
Population 174Lowest 199Highest
Median age 35.1±11Lowest 8% below SD 39.4±16.6Highest 4% above SD
Mellette and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 24.1%±10.3Lowest SD: 24.2% 31.7%±9.9Highest SD: 24.2%
Mellette and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 21.8%±13Highest SD: 18% 20.1%±12.7Lowest SD: 18%
Pleasant Township and Mellette are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.4%Lowest SD: 31.9% 20%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.4%±8Highest SD: 5% 1.5%±5.6Lowest SD: 5%
Pleasant Township and Mellette are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $87,917±$63kLowest 17% above SD $106,964±$13kHighest 42% above SD
Mellette and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $203,100±$53kHighest 21% below SD $201,000±$33kLowest 22% below SD
Pleasant Township and Mellette are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,679Lowest 38% below SD $1,911Highest 30% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest SD: 39.8% 14.3%±100Highest SD: 39.8%
Mellette and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Below poverty line 4.6%Lowest SD: 11.9% 10.1%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 86.8%Highest SD: 68.6% 85.5%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 8 yrs older than SD 1985Highest 5 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 22 minHighest 25% above SD 19 minLowest 8% above SD
Work from home 2.4%±4.6Lowest SD: 9.7% 13%±6.8Highest SD: 9.7%
Mellette and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0.9%Lowest 3.2%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 21.8 miHighest 20.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Lowest 1.55Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Mitchell (32%)Redfield (21%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MelletteFew work in Pleasant Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 18%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 7.7 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.3Lowest 123Highest
Schools
School district —Northwestern Area School District 56-7
High school in town —Northwestern High School - 01
Students per teacherat that high school — 11.8
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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