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Sully Township vs Irwin Township

Next-door neighbors in Tripp County. The biggest differences: street grid (2× in Sully Township).

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Sully Township, SDA small town of 75Tripp County · 75 people
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Irwin Township, SDA small town of 0Tripp County
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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.

Sully TownshipA small town of 75
Quiet strengthsSully Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Irwin TownshipA small town of 0
Quiet strengthsIrwin Township 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.

Street grid2×
Sully Township has the more walkable street grid
Sully Township 0.4Irwin Township 0.2
★ What stands out · Where they are

Sully Township and Irwin Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Sully TownshipIrwin TownshipSully TownshipIrwin Township
Sully Township ↔ Irwin Township7.0 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
Sully TownshipIrwin Township
Snow a year49″45″
January low13°F10°F
July high90°F87°F
Growing season (days)159d149d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)69th69th
Outdoors & history
Sully TownshipIrwin Township
Trails22 mi27 mi
Conserved land0%1.8%
Community
Sully TownshipIrwin 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.

Sully TownshipIrwin Township
People
Population 75Highest 0Lowest
Median age 65±10.6 71% above SD —
Kids under 18 8%±33.1 SD: 24.2% —
Age 65+ 52%±55.5 SD: 18% —
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 6.3% SD: 31.9% —
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 6.7%±16.9 SD: 5% —
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $88,580±$7k 18% above SD —
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $271,600±$52k 6% above SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $1,716 37% below SD —
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% —
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% —
Typical home builtmedian year 1938 42 yrs older than SD —
Getting to work
Work from home 51.7%±41.8 SD: 9.7% —
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.3 miLowest 27.3 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.21Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Winner (50%)Colome (12%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Irwin TownshipFew work in Sully Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 1.8%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 22.4 miLowest 26.8 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.8 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.4Highest 0.2Lowest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Sully Township

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Bull Creek Township21 people
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Towns like Sully Township

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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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