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Pleasant Lake Township vs Stickney

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (207× in Stickney) and median age (34.6 yrs in Pleasant Lake Township).

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Pleasant Lake Township, SDA small town of 33Aurora County · 33 people
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Stickney, SDKnown for its schoolsSouth Dakota · 284 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.

Pleasant Lake TownshipA small town of 33
Quiet strengthsPleasant Lake Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Pleasant Lake Township →
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 · Monthly cost

A typical home costs $870 more a month in Pleasant Lake Township

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 Lake Township$1,690/mo
Typical home $250K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
Stickney$820/mo
Typical home $132K (Census) · tax rate 1.16% · or rent about $839/mo · Housing →

The difference: $870 a month, about $10,400 a year, between Pleasant Lake Township and Stickney.

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.

Where they are

Pleasant Lake Township and Stickney share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pleasant Lake TownshipStickneyPleasant Lake TownshipStickney
Pleasant Lake Township ↔ Stickney4.1 miles apart · They share a border
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.

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 Lake TownshipStickney
Snow a year38″38″
January low8°F8°F
July high86°F86°F
Growing season (days)153d153d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th48th
Outdoors & history
Pleasant Lake TownshipStickney
Settled—1905
National Register places—2
Community
Pleasant Lake TownshipStickney
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 Lake TownshipStickney
People
Population 33Lowest 284Highest
Median age 70.1±3Highest 84% above SD 35.5±7Lowest 7% below SD
Kids under 18 0%±85.7Lowest SD: 24.2% 26.4%±5.9Highest SD: 24.2%
Stickney and Pleasant Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 72.7%±87.6Highest SD: 18% 22.5%±5.1Lowest SD: 18%
Pleasant Lake Township and Stickney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.1%Lowest SD: 31.9% 31.6%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±42.9Lowest SD: 5% 3.9%±5.4Highest SD: 5%
Stickney and Pleasant Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $94,375±$15kHighest 26% above SD $59,750±$22kLowest 20% below SD
Pleasant Lake Township and Stickney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $250,000±$113kHighest about the SD average $131,600±$37kLowest 49% below SD
Pleasant Lake Township and Stickney are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Rentmedian gross, monthly — $839±$160 11% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly — $1,525 44% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 17.2%±50 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 13.7%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 75.9%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 1955Highest 25 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 20 min 10% above SD
Work from home 0%±83.3Lowest SD: 9.7% 3.8%±3.7Highest SD: 9.7%
Stickney and Pleasant Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 1.3%Highest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 21.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.67Highest 0.30Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Plankinton (21%)Mitchell (22%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in StickneyFew work in Pleasant Lake Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 51.7%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 0.8 miHighest 0.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.8Lowest 166Highest
Schools
School district —Corsica-Stickney 21-3
High school in town —None in town
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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