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Ree Heights vs Grant Township

50 miles apart. The biggest differences: street grid (28.3× in Ree Heights) and jobs per worker (3.9× in Ree Heights).

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Ree Heights, SDA small town of 38South Dakota · 38 people
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Grant Township, SDAn outdoors townBeadle County · 34 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.

Ree HeightsA small town of 38
Quiet strengthsRee Heights doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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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.

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
Ree HeightsGrant Township
Snow a year44″44″
January low7°F6°F
July high85°F86°F
Growing season (days)152d146d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)62nd51st
Outdoors & history
Ree HeightsGrant Township
Trails—5 mi
Conserved land—37.8%
Settled1882—
Archive photos5—
Famous people born here2—
Community
Ree HeightsGrant 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

50 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Ree Heights ↔ Grant Township50 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.

Ree HeightsGrant Township
People
Population 38Highest 34Lowest
Median age 43.9±36.1Highest 16% above SD 43.2±20.8Lowest 14% above SD
Ree Heights and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 5.3%±65.4Lowest SD: 24.2% 44.1%±60.8Highest SD: 24.2%
Grant Township and Ree Heights are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 34.2%±66.6Highest SD: 18% 0%±100Lowest SD: 18%
Ree Heights and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 8.3%Highest SD: 31.9% 0%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±37.2 SD: 5% 0%±41.6 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $74,196±$9k about the SD average —
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $18,100±$12k 93% below SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $259 90% below SD —
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 26.9%Highest 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
Average commuteone way 16 min 9% below SD —
Work from home 0%±34.5 SD: 9.7% 0%±38.5 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miHighest 10.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.47Highest 0.12Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Miller (13%)Huron (52%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grant TownshipFew work in Ree Heights
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 37.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 4.5 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 70.7Highest 2.5Lowest
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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