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Smithville Township vs Sunnyside Township

Next-door neighbors. Close on almost everything the Census measures, so the differences below are the small ones.

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Smithville Township, SDAn outdoors townMeade County
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Sunnyside Township, SDA small town of 63Pennington County · 63 people
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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.

Smithville TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors14.7% conserved land2.3 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Smithville Township →
Sunnyside TownshipA small town of 63
Quiet strengthsSunnyside Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Sunnyside Township →
★ What stands out · Where they are

Smithville Township and Sunnyside Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Smithville TownshipSunnyside TownshipSmithville TownshipSunnyside Township
Smithville Township ↔ Sunnyside Township5.9 miles apart · They share a border
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
Smithville TownshipSunnyside Township
Snow a year37″37″
January low10°F10°F
July high88°F88°F
Growing season (days)146d146d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th74th
Outdoors & history
Smithville TownshipSunnyside Township
Trails2 mi—
Conserved land14.7%—
Community
Smithville TownshipSunnyside 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.

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.

Smithville TownshipSunnyside Township
People
Population 0Lowest 63Highest
Median age — 40.7±46.2 7% above SD
Kids under 18 — 41.3%±21.2 SD: 24.2%
Age 65+ — 33.3%±45.6 SD: 18%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ — 0% SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents — 0%±22.4 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Below poverty line — 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes — 100% SD: 68.6%
Getting to work
Work from home — 36%±23.7 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 37.8 miLowest 46.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00
Top workplaceoutside town Rapid City (45%)Rapid City (50%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Sunnyside TownshipFew work in Smithville Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 14.7%Highest 7.5%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 2.3 miHighest 0.0 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 0.0 0.0
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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