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%

Turner Township$1,840/mo

Typical home $318K (Census) · tax rate 0.64% · Housing →

Davis$2,170/mo

Typical home $355K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.05% · Housing →

The difference: $340 a month, about $4,000 a year, between Davis and Turner 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.

Where they are

Turner Township and Davis share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Turner TownshipDavis

Turner Township ↔ Davis2.6 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

Turner TownshipDavis

Snow a year31″31″

January low7°F 7°F

July high84°F 84°F

Growing season (days)151d 151d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 46th

Outdoors & history

Turner TownshipDavis

Trails8 mi —

Conserved land1.5%—

Settled—1896

National Register places2 —

Community

Turner TownshipDavis

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.

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Only big differences vs South Dakota average

Turner TownshipDavis

People

Population 173Highest 76Lowest

Median age 41.3±4.5Highest 9% above SD 38±19.5Lowest about the SD average

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

Kids under 18 24.9%±15.3Lowest SD: 24.2% 28.9%±30.7Highest SD: 24.2%

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

Age 65+ 7.5%±15.5Lowest SD: 18% 17.1%±39.1Highest SD: 18%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.2%Highest SD: 31.9% 9.3%Lowest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±6.4Highest SD: 5% 0%±18.6Lowest SD: 5%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $94,145±$12kHighest 25% above SD $85,000±$54kLowest 13% above SD

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $317,600±$51kHighest 23% above SD $95,000±$53kLowest 63% below SD

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,040Highest 25% below SD $1,000Lowest 63% below SD

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

Below poverty line 10.9%Highest SD: 11.9% 5.3%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.7%Lowest SD: 68.6% 94.4%Highest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Highest 8 yrs older than SD 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 86% above SD 25 minLowest 40% above SD

Work from home 9.1%±3.9Highest SD: 9.7% 2.6%±7.8Lowest SD: 9.7%

Turner Township and Davis 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 22.8 mi 22.8 mi

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.01Lowest 0.24Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (28%)Sioux Falls (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in DavisFew work in Turner Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.8 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 0.9Lowest 27.8Highest

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

Deciding?

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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.

Turner Township vs Davis

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $340 more a month in Davis

Turner Township and Davis share a border

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