A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Silver Lake Township$1,330/mo

Typical home $225K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · Housing →

Sharon Township$3,110/mo

Typical home $539K (Census) · tax rate 0.63% · Housing →

The difference: $1,780 a month, about $21,300 a year, between Sharon Township and Silver Lake Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

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 TownshipSharon Township

Snow a year41″39″

January low—10°F

July high—86°F

Growing season (days)—156d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)50th 39th

Outdoors & history

Silver Lake TownshipSharon Township

Trails7 mi —

Conserved land1.5%—

Community

Silver Lake TownshipSharon Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

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

22 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Silver Lake TownshipSharon Township

Silver Lake Township ↔ Sharon Township22 miles apart · Same county

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

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Only big differences vs South Dakota average

Silver Lake TownshipSharon Township

People

Population 115Lowest 161Highest

Median age 26.7±44.5Highest 30% below SD 21.8±18.1Lowest 43% below SD

Silver Lake Township and Sharon 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% 46%±18.7Highest SD: 24.2%

Sharon 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%±29.1Lowest SD: 18% 10.6%±17.3Highest SD: 18%

Sharon Township and Silver Lake 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% 46.3%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 12.2%±15.5Highest SD: 5% 5%±9.4Lowest SD: 5%

Silver Lake Township and Sharon Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian — $128,618±$10k 71% above SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $225,000±$50kLowest 13% below SD $539,100±$166kHighest 109% above SD

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,844Lowest 32% below SD $3,413Highest 25% above SD

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% 0%±100 SD: 39.8%

Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 73.2%Lowest SD: 68.6% 76.7%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1962Highest 18 yrs older than SD 1958Lowest 22 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 14 minLowest 24% below SD 18 minHighest about the SD average

Work from home 18.5%±25.1Highest SD: 9.7% 4.1%±7.9Lowest SD: 9.7%

Silver Lake Township and Sharon 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 24.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.37Lowest 0.71Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Freeman (32%)Tripp (14%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sharon TownshipFew work in Silver Lake Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 0.5%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.2 miHighest 0.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.3Highest 1.2Lowest

South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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Wolf Creek Township111 people

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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.

Silver Lake Township vs Sharon Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $1,780 more a month in Sharon Township

What daily life feels like in each

22 miles apart

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