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Silver Lake Township vs Grant Township

9 miles apart. The biggest differences: average commute (21 min in Silver Lake Township) and trails (3.6× in Silver Lake Township).

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Silver Lake Township, SDA small town of 115Hutchinson County · 115 people
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Grant Township, SDA small town of 204McCook County · 204 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.

Silver Lake TownshipA small town of 115
Quiet strengthsSilver Lake Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Grant TownshipA small town of 204
Quiet strengthsGrant Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Grant Township →
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
Silver Lake TownshipGrant Township
Snow a year41″41″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th55th
Outdoors & history
Silver Lake TownshipGrant Township
Trails7 mi2 mi
Conserved land1.5%1.3%
Community
Silver Lake TownshipGrant 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

9 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Silver Lake TownshipGrant TownshipSilver Lake TownshipGrant Township
Silver Lake Township ↔ Grant Township8.9 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.

Silver Lake TownshipGrant Township
People
Population 115Lowest 204Highest
Median age 26.7±44.5Highest 30% below SD 23.5±11.9Lowest 38% below SD
Silver Lake Township and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 31.3%±29.5Lowest SD: 24.2% 45.6%±10.9Highest SD: 24.2%
Grant Township and Silver Lake Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 3.5%±29.1Highest SD: 18% 2.5%±15.7Lowest SD: 18%
Silver Lake Township 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+ 63.1%Highest SD: 31.9% 54.5%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 12.2%±15.5Highest SD: 5% 1%±5.3Lowest SD: 5%
Silver Lake Township and Grant Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $105,577±$36k 41% above SD
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $225,000±$50k 13% below SD —
Rentmedian gross, monthly — $830±$563 12% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,844Lowest 32% below SD $2,587Highest 5% below SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% 0%±100 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 15.3%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 73.2%Highest SD: 68.6% 66.1%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1962Highest 18 yrs older than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 24% below SD 35 minHighest 94% above SD
Work from home 18.5%±25.1Lowest SD: 9.7% 36.1%±41.6Highest SD: 9.7%
Grant Township and Silver Lake 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 15.3 miLowest 28.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Highest 0.32Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Freeman (32%)Sioux Falls (48%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Grant TownshipFew work in Silver Lake Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 1.3%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 7.2 miHighest 2.0 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.1 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.3 1.3
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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