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Turner TownshipMiddleton Township

People

Population 173Lowest 248Highest

Median age 41.3±4.5Lowest 9% above SD 55±23.4Highest 45% above SD

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

Kids under 18 24.9%±15.3Highest SD: 24.2% 20.2%±10.7Lowest SD: 24.2%

Turner Township and Middleton 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% 10.5%±12.6Highest SD: 18%

Middleton Township 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% 68.2%Highest SD: 31.9%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.3%±6.4Lowest SD: 5% 2.4%±5Highest SD: 5%

Middleton Township and Turner Township 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 $76,555±$969Lowest about the SD average

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $317,600±$51k 23% above SD —

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

Below poverty line 10.9%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 74.7%Lowest SD: 68.6% 93.3%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 31 minLowest 72% above SD

Work from home 9.1%±3.9Highest SD: 9.7% 3.5%±4.2Lowest SD: 9.7%

Turner Township and Middleton 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 22.8 miHighest 18.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.01Lowest 0.13Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sioux Falls (28%)Sioux Falls (23%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Middleton TownshipFew work in Turner Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.5%Highest 1%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.8 miHighest 0.8 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 1.3Highest

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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