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 →

Keystone$4,210/mo

Typical home $624K (Zillow) · tax rate est. 1.8% · or rent about $546/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,370 a month, about $28,400 a year, between Keystone 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.

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 TownshipKeystone

Snow a year31″59″

January low7°F 19°F

July high84°F 79°F

Growing season (days)151d 138d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 91st

Outdoors & history

Turner TownshipKeystone

Trails8 mi —

Conserved land1.5%—

Settled—1883

National Register places2 4

Archive photos—18

Famous people born here—1

Community

Turner TownshipKeystone

Library hours a week—29 hrs

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.

Where they are

325 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Turner TownshipTurner County KeystoneSD

Turner Township ↔ Keystone325 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.

Only big differences vs South Dakota average

Turner TownshipKeystone

People

Population 173Lowest 336Highest

Median age 41.3±4.5Highest 9% above SD 38.1±7.1Lowest about the SD average

Turner Township and Keystone 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% 29.2%±6.9Highest SD: 24.2%

Keystone 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% 13.4%±3.5Highest SD: 18%

Keystone 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%Lowest SD: 31.9% 13.5%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±6.4Highest SD: 5% 0%±4.2Lowest SD: 5%

Turner Township and Keystone 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 $64,702±$11kLowest 14% below SD

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $317,600±$51kHighest 23% above SD $263,900±$232kLowest about the SD average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $546±$392 42% below SD

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,040 25% below SD —

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 24.1%±51.9 SD: 39.8%

Below poverty line 10.9%Highest SD: 11.9% 6.8%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.7%Highest SD: 68.6% 70.1%Lowest SD: 68.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1972Lowest 8 yrs older than SD 1977Highest 3 yrs older than SD

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 33 minHighest 86% above SD 33 minLowest 83% above SD

Work from home 9.1%±3.9Highest SD: 9.7% 3.9%±2.8Lowest SD: 9.7%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 5.8%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.8 miHighest 15.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.01Lowest 1.38Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (28%)Rapid City (61%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Lowest 39.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 7.8 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 mi 0.2 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.9Lowest 17.7Highest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

Turner Township neighborsTown Square →

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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 Keystone

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $2,370 more a month in Keystone

What daily life feels like in each

325 miles apart

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