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Prairie View TownshipWatauga Township

People

Population 12Lowest 29Highest

Median age 52.8±21.9Lowest 39% above SD 55.5±9.4Highest 46% above SD

Watauga Township and Prairie View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 6.9%±91.7Highest SD: 24.2%

Watauga Township and Prairie View Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 33.3%±100Highest SD: 18% 20.7%±100Lowest SD: 18%

Prairie View Township and Watauga Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest SD: 31.9% 20%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100 SD: 5% 0%±48.8 SD: 5%

Cost of living

Property taxmedian, yearly — $538 80% below SD

Below poverty line 66.7%Highest SD: 11.9% 37.9%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 84.6%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Highest 7 yrs older than SD 1959Lowest 21 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Work from home 0%±100Lowest SD: 9.7% 37.5%±18.2Highest SD: 9.7%

Watauga Township and Prairie View 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 79.8 miHighest 39.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.10Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Alliance (20%)McIntosh (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Watauga TownshipFew work in Prairie View Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 6.2%Highest 1.7%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 2.7 miHighest 0.1 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 0.1Lowest 1.0Highest

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.

Prairie View Township vs Watauga Township

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