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Sun Prairie Township vs Home Township

32 miles apart. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (+85% in Sun Prairie Township) and conserved land (+11.8 pts in Sun Prairie Township).

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Sun Prairie Township, SDAn outdoors townMcCook County · 216 people
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Home Township, SDA small town of 292Turner County · 292 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.

Home TownshipA small town of 292
Quiet strengthsHome Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Home 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.

★ What stands out · Monthly cost

A typical home costs about the same each month

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.

Sun Prairie Township$2,850/mo
Typical home $476K (Census) · tax rate 0.90% · Housing →
Home Township$2,730/mo
Typical home $446K (Census) · tax rate 1.07% · Housing →

The difference: $120 a month, about $1,400 a year, between Sun Prairie Township and Home 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
Sun Prairie TownshipHome Township
Snow a year36″45″
January low6°F9°F
July high84°F85°F
Growing season (days)143d157d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)52nd49th
Outdoors & history
Sun Prairie TownshipHome Township
Trails8 mi—
Conserved land12.7%—
National Register places11
Community
Sun Prairie TownshipHome 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

32 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Sun Prairie Township ↔ Home Township32 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.

Sun Prairie TownshipHome Township
People
Population 216Lowest 292Highest
Median age 41.6±18.1Lowest 9% above SD 42.2±7.3Highest 11% above SD
Home Township and Sun Prairie Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 30.6%±19.1Lowest SD: 24.2% 37.7%±3.9Highest SD: 24.2%
Home Township and Sun Prairie Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 11.6%±13.6Lowest SD: 18% 12%±9.6Highest SD: 18%
Home Township and Sun Prairie Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 48.6%Highest SD: 31.9% 45.7%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.9%±5.3Highest SD: 5% 0%±4.8Lowest SD: 5%
Sun Prairie Township and Home Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $86,989±$38kLowest 16% above SD $154,000±$53kHighest 105% above SD
Home Township and Sun Prairie Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $476,100±$79kHighest 85% above SD $445,700±$47kLowest 73% above SD
Sun Prairie Township and Home Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly $4,269Lowest 57% above SD $4,769Highest 75% above SD
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1982Lowest 2 yrs newer than SD 1990Highest 10 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 18 minLowest about the SD average 19 minHighest 9% above SD
Work from home 11.8%±7.3Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±6.7Lowest SD: 9.7%
Sun Prairie Township and Home 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 33.8 miHighest 13.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Highest 0.13Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (26%)Sioux Falls (43%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Home TownshipFew work in Sun Prairie Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 12.7%Highest 0.9%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 7.5 miHighest 0.0 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 1.2Highest 1.1Lowest
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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