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Pleasant Township vs Vienna

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (29.6× in Vienna) and bachelor’s degree+ (+79.6 pts in Pleasant Township).

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Pleasant Township, SDAn outdoors townClark County · 161 people
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Vienna, SDA small town of 49South Dakota · 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
Outdoors24.2% conserved land4.8 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves SchoolsBetter than 31%of SD districts All about Pleasant Township →
ViennaA small town of 49
Quiet strengthsVienna doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Vienna →
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 grid29.6×
Vienna has the more walkable street grid
Vienna 23.7Pleasant Township 0.8
Bachelor’s degree++79.6 pts
More adults in Pleasant Township have a degree
Pleasant Township 85.2%Vienna 5.6%
Typical home built65 yrs
Vienna’s homes are older
Pleasant Township 2003Vienna 1938
Size3.3×
Pleasant Township is the bigger place
Pleasant Township 161Vienna 49
Jobs per worker+51%
Pleasant Township is more of a job hub
Pleasant Township 1.07Vienna 0.71
★ What stands out · Where they are

Pleasant Township and Vienna share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pleasant TownshipViennaPleasant TownshipVienna
Pleasant Township ↔ Vienna3.4 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.

Schools
CPleasant TownshipBetter than 31% of districts in the state –ViennaNot graded
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 TownshipVienna
Snow a year48″48″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th39th
Outdoors & history
Pleasant TownshipVienna
Trails5 mi—
Conserved land24.2%—
Settled—1886
National Register places2—
Archive photos—1
Community
Pleasant TownshipVienna
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 TownshipVienna
People
Population 161Highest 49Lowest
Median age 20.6±6.5Lowest 46% below SD 34.8±46.1Highest 8% below SD
Vienna and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 42.2%±30.2Highest SD: 24.2% 22.4%±50.5Lowest SD: 24.2%
Pleasant Township and Vienna are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 1.2%±19.7Lowest SD: 18% 34.7%±63.4Highest SD: 18%
Vienna and Pleasant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 85.2%Highest SD: 31.9% 5.6%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±8.8 SD: 5% 0%±28.9 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $84,531±$39kHighest 13% above SD $43,125±$30kLowest 43% below SD
Pleasant Township and Vienna are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $431,300±$199k 68% above SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,268 53% below SD —
Below poverty line 27.9%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 2003Highest 23 yrs newer than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 70%±89.8Highest SD: 9.7% 18.2%±39.1Lowest SD: 9.7%
Pleasant Township and Vienna are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 2.9%Highest 0%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.8 miLowest 21.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.07Highest 0.71Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Clark (26%)Day Township (14%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in ViennaFew work in Pleasant Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 24.2%Lowest 26.5%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 4.8 miHighest 0.0 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 0.8Lowest 23.7Highest
Schools
School district Willow Lake School District 12-3—
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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