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Valley Township vs Troy Township

Next-door neighbors in Day County. The biggest differences: trails (7.8× in Troy Township) and typical home built (54 yrs in Valley Township).

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Valley Township, SDA small town of 99Day County · 99 people
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Troy Township, SDAn outdoors townDay County · 78 people
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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.

Valley TownshipA small town of 99
Quiet strengthsValley Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Valley Township →
Troy TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors28.2% conserved land4.7 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves All about Troy 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.

Trails7.8×
Troy Township has more miles of trail
Troy Township 4.7 miValley Township 0.6 mi
Typical home built54 yrs
Valley Township’s homes are older
Troy Township 1992Valley Township 1938
Street grid2×
Valley Township has the more walkable street grid
Valley Township 1.0Troy Township 0.5
Conserved land+11 pts
Troy Township has more conserved land
Troy Township 28.2%Valley Township 17.2%
Bachelor’s degree++9.3 pts
More adults in Valley Township have a degree
Valley Township 14.3%Troy Township 5%
★ What stands out · Where they are

Valley Township and Troy Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Valley TownshipTroy TownshipValley TownshipTroy Township
Valley Township ↔ Troy Township6.3 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
Valley TownshipTroy Township
Snow a year42″42″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)18th18th
Outdoors & history
Valley TownshipTroy Township
Trails—5 mi
Conserved land—28.2%
Community
Valley TownshipTroy 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.

Valley TownshipTroy Township
People
Population 99Highest 78Lowest
Median age 15±44.5Lowest 61% below SD 27.2±24.7Highest 28% below SD
Troy Township and Valley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 50.5%±6.5Highest SD: 24.2% 42.3%±31.9Lowest SD: 24.2%
Valley Township and Troy Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 24.2%±28.8Highest SD: 18% 16.7%±42.2Lowest SD: 18%
Valley Township and Troy Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 14.3%Highest SD: 31.9% 5%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±14.3Lowest SD: 5% 6.4%±14.6Highest SD: 5%
Troy Township and Valley Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $75,667±$30k about the SD average
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $358,300±$179k 39% above SD
Property taxmedian, yearly — $4,700 73% above SD
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100 SD: 39.8% 0%±100 SD: 39.8%
Below poverty line 65.7%Highest SD: 11.9% 16.7%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 46.4%Lowest SD: 68.6% 50%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 1992Highest 12 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Work from home 0%±71.4 SD: 9.7% 0%±21.3 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 22.3 miLowest 33.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.06Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Webster (19%)Bristol (11%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Troy TownshipFew work in Valley Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 17.2%Lowest 28.2%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.6 miLowest 4.7 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.0Highest 0.5Lowest
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Valley Township

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Butler Township
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Scotland Township17 people
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Bristol Township35 people

Towns like Valley Township

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Georgia Township129 people · $440K homes
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Afton Township40 people
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Black Township85 people
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Norris Township172 people · $95K homes

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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