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Wachter Township vs Palmyra Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: size (6.1× in Palmyra Township) and bachelor’s degree+ (+30.2 pts in Palmyra Township).

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Wachter Township, SDA small town of 10McPherson County · 10 people
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Palmyra Township, SDAn outdoors townBrown County · 61 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.

Wachter TownshipA small town of 10
Quiet strengthsWachter Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Wachter Township →
Palmyra TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors31.6% conserved land14 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Palmyra 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.

Size6.1×
Palmyra Township is the bigger place
Palmyra Township 61Wachter Township 10
Bachelor’s degree++30.2 pts
More adults in Palmyra Township have a degree
Palmyra Township 30.2%Wachter Township 0%
Homeowners+26.1 pts renters
Palmyra Township has more renters
Wachter Township 100%Palmyra Township 73.9%
Conserved land+22.3 pts
Palmyra Township has more conserved land
Palmyra Township 31.6%Wachter Township 9.3%
★ What stands out · Where they are

Wachter Township and Palmyra Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Wachter TownshipPalmyra TownshipWachter TownshipPalmyra Township
Wachter Township ↔ Palmyra Township4.8 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
Wachter TownshipPalmyra Township
Snow a year39″39″
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)37th37th
Outdoors & history
Wachter TownshipPalmyra Township
Trails10 mi14 mi
Conserved land9.3%31.6%
Community
Wachter TownshipPalmyra 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.

Wachter TownshipPalmyra Township
People
Population 10Lowest 61Highest
Median age — 37.8±37.3 about the SD average
Kids under 18 0%±100Lowest SD: 24.2% 29.5%±37.1Highest SD: 24.2%
Palmyra Township and Wachter Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 100%±100Highest SD: 18% 27.9%±57.4Lowest SD: 18%
Wachter Township and Palmyra Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 0%Lowest SD: 31.9% 30.2%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±100 SD: 5% 0%±23.2 SD: 5%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian — $74,861±$73k about the SD average
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest SD: 68.6% 73.9%Lowest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year — 2001 21 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 14 min 19% below SD
Work from home — 0%±32.3 SD: 9.7%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 56.8 miHighest 31.3 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00Lowest 0.03Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Gwinner (25%)Aberdeen (29%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Palmyra TownshipFew work in Wachter Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 9.3%Lowest 31.6%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 9.6 miLowest 13.7 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.4 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.8 0.8
South Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
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Bordering Wachter Township

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Carl Township16 people · $64K homes
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Weber Township262 people · $269K 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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