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Pleasant Township vs Crow Lake Township

Next-door neighbors in Jerauld County. The biggest differences: trails (12.5× in Pleasant Township) and jobs per worker (2.6× in Pleasant Township).

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Pleasant Township, SDAn outdoors townJerauld County · 37 people
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Crow Lake Township, SDA small town of 49Jerauld County · 49 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
Outdoors12.7% conserved land2.5 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Pleasant Township →
Crow Lake TownshipA small town of 49
Quiet strengthsCrow Lake Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Crow Lake 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.

Trails12.5×
Pleasant Township has more miles of trail
Pleasant Township 2.5 miCrow Lake Township 0.2 mi
Jobs per worker2.6×
Pleasant Township is more of a job hub
Pleasant Township 0.18Crow Lake Township 0.07
Conserved land+23.6 pts
Crow Lake Township has more conserved land
Crow Lake Township 36.3%Pleasant Township 12.7%
Bachelor’s degree++11.7 pts
More adults in Pleasant Township have a degree
Pleasant Township 47.4%Crow Lake Township 35.7%
★ What stands out · Where they are

Pleasant Township and Crow Lake Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pleasant TownshipCrow Lake TownshipPleasant TownshipCrow Lake Township
Pleasant Township ↔ Crow Lake Township5.3 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
Pleasant TownshipCrow Lake Township
Snow a year45″45″
January low7°F7°F
July high84°F84°F
Growing season (days)157d157d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)61st61st
Outdoors & history
Pleasant TownshipCrow Lake Township
Trails3 mi—
Conserved land12.7%—
Community
Pleasant TownshipCrow Lake 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.

Pleasant TownshipCrow Lake Township
People
Population 37Lowest 49Highest
Median age 41.1±35.5Lowest 8% above SD 54.6±9.2Highest 44% above SD
Crow Lake Township and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 48.6%±58.1Highest SD: 24.2% 6.1%±54.6Lowest SD: 24.2%
Pleasant Township and Crow Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 0%±93.6 SD: 18% 0%±70.7 SD: 18%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 47.4%Highest SD: 31.9% 35.7%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±38.2 SD: 5% 0%±28.9 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $316,700±$244k 23% above SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $2,167 20% below SD —
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938 42 yrs older than SD —
Getting to work
Work from home 47.4%±44.2Lowest SD: 9.7% 58.7%±10.4Highest SD: 9.7%
Crow Lake Township 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% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miLowest 20.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.18Highest 0.07Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Wessington Springs (32%)Wessington Springs (41%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Crow Lake TownshipFew work in Pleasant Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 12.7%Lowest 36.3%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 2.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.7 0.7
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Pleasant Township

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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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