Guest, Sign inJoin
Compare towns

Pleasant View Township vs Edens Township

107 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (20.5× in Edens Township) and jobs per worker (13.7× in Edens Township).

P ×
Pleasant View Township, SDA small town of 71Beadle County · 71 people
E ×
Edens Township, SDA small town of 73Gregory County · 73 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 View TownshipA small town of 71
Quiet strengthsPleasant View Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Pleasant View Township →
Edens TownshipA small town of 73
Quiet strengthsEdens Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Edens 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.

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 View TownshipEdens Township
Snow a year44″45″
January low6°F10°F
July high86°F87°F
Growing season (days)146d149d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st50th
Outdoors & history
Pleasant View TownshipEdens Township
Trails1 mi21 mi
Conserved land10.9%0%
National Register places—1
Community
Pleasant View TownshipEdens 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.

Where they are

107 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Pleasant View Township ↔ Edens Township107 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 View TownshipEdens Township
People
Population 71Lowest 73Highest
Median age 16.6±43.7Lowest 56% below SD 17.8±49.6Highest 53% below SD
Edens Township and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 53.5%±30.7Lowest SD: 24.2% 54.8%±84.1Highest SD: 24.2%
Edens Township and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 21.1%±44Highest SD: 18% 20.5%±42.6Lowest SD: 18%
Pleasant View Township and Edens Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 33.3%Highest SD: 31.9% 24.2%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±19.9Lowest SD: 5% 24.7%±40.3Highest SD: 5%
Edens Township and Pleasant View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Property taxmedian, yearly $840 69% below SD —
Below poverty line 18.3%Highest SD: 11.9% 5.5%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 4 yrs newer than SD 2005Highest 25 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±50 SD: 9.7% 0%±31.3 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 19.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.03Lowest 0.41Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Huron (27%)Gregory (29%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Edens TownshipFew work in Pleasant View Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 10.9%Highest 0%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 20.5 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.6 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.5Highest 0.6Lowest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Pleasant View Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Pleasant View Township’s Town Square.

Edens Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Edens Township’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Pleasant View Township and Edens Township

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Bordering Pleasant View Township

Towns like Pleasant View Township

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.

Post to Pleasant View Township

We’ll email a one-tap link to publish your post. No password, and nothing is public until you click it.
Already a member? Sign in