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Wallace Township vs Progress Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (2× in Wallace Township).

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Wallace Township, NDAn outdoors townKidder County
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Progress Township, NDAn outdoors townWells County · 15 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.

Wallace TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors52.5% conserved land24 miles of trails across 1 parks and preserves All about Wallace Township →
Progress TownshipAn outdoors town
Outdoors45.9% conserved land23 miles of trails across 0 parks and preserves All about Progress 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.

Street grid2×
Wallace Township has the more walkable street grid
Wallace Township 0.2Progress Township 0.1
★ What stands out · Where they are

Wallace Township and Progress Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Wallace TownshipProgress TownshipWallace TownshipProgress Township
Wallace Township ↔ Progress Township7.5 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
Wallace TownshipProgress Township
Snow a year—34″
January low—1°F
July high—80°F
Growing season (days)—139d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)65th36th
Outdoors & history
Wallace TownshipProgress Township
Trails24 mi23 mi
Conserved land52.5%45.9%
Community
Wallace TownshipProgress 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.

Wallace TownshipProgress Township
People
Population 0Lowest 15Highest
Median age — 64.8±43.3 81% above ND
Kids under 18 — 0%±100 ND: 23.5%
Age 65+ — 46.7%±100 ND: 16.5%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ — 26.7% ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents — 0%±94.3 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Below poverty line — 60% ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes — 100% ND: 62.9%
Typical home builtmedian year — 1970 12 yrs older than ND
Getting to work
Work from home — 0%±100 ND: 8.1%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 58.8 miLowest 64.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.00 0.00
Top workplaceoutside town Bismarck (27%)Bismarck (33%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Progress TownshipFew work in Wallace Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 52.5%Highest 45.9%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 23.8 miHighest 22.8 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.6 miLowest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.2Highest 0.1Lowest
North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

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Bordering Wallace Township

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Rexine Township9 people
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Merkel Township226 people · $158K homes
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Berlin Township59 people · $213K 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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