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Strool-Plateau Township vs Racine Township

264 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (9.6× in Strool-Plateau Township) and typical home built (47 yrs in Strool-Plateau Township).

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Strool-Plateau Township, SDA small town of 46Perkins County · 46 people
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Racine Township, SDA small town of 54Day County · 54 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.

Strool-Plateau TownshipA small town of 46
Quiet strengthsStrool-Plateau Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Strool-Plateau Township →
Racine TownshipA small town of 54
Quiet strengthsRacine Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Racine 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
Strool-Plateau TownshipRacine Township
Snow a year40″43″
January low10°F2°F
July high86°F81°F
Growing season (days)144d156d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)54th41st
Outdoors & history
Strool-Plateau TownshipRacine Township
Trails9 mi—
Conserved land9.8%—
Community
Strool-Plateau TownshipRacine 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

264 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Strool-Plateau Township ↔ Racine Township264 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.

Strool-Plateau TownshipRacine Township
People
Population 46Lowest 54Highest
Median age 32.5±36.2Lowest 14% below SD 34.4±43.3Highest 9% below SD
Racine Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 37%±52.6Lowest SD: 24.2% 44.4%±45.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Racine Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 4.3%±72.3Lowest SD: 18% 24.1%±58.9Highest SD: 18%
Racine Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 17.4%Lowest SD: 31.9% 26.7%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±30.7Lowest SD: 5% 14.8%±26.8Highest SD: 5%
Racine Township and Strool-Plateau Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $215,600±$179k 16% below SD
Property taxmedian, yearly — $2,808 3% above SD
Below poverty line 0%Lowest SD: 11.9% 14.8%Highest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 1985Highest 5 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 58.3%±59.5Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±100Lowest SD: 9.7%
Strool-Plateau Township and Racine 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 43.8 miLowest 49.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Highest 0.04Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Lemmon (32%)Waubay (17%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Racine TownshipFew work in Strool-Plateau Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 9.8%Lowest 27.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 8.6 miHighest 0.9 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 0.4Lowest 0.5Highest
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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