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Waverly Township vs Union Township

19 miles apart. The biggest differences: trails (4× in Union Township) and street grid (2.8× in Union Township).

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Waverly Township, SDA small town of 59Marshall County · 59 people
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Union Township, SDA small town of 55Day County · 55 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.

Waverly TownshipA small town of 59
Quiet strengthsWaverly Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Union TownshipA small town of 55
Quiet strengthsUnion Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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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.

Trails4×
Union Township has more miles of trail
Union Township 2.8 miWaverly Township 0.7 mi
Street grid2.8×
Union Township has the more walkable street grid
Union Township 1.4Waverly Township 0.5
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
Waverly TownshipUnion Township
Snow a year48″43″
January low3°F2°F
July high82°F81°F
Growing season (days)160d156d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)22nd18th
Outdoors & history
Waverly TownshipUnion Township
Trails—3 mi
Conserved land—8.9%
Community
Waverly TownshipUnion 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.

Where they are

19 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Waverly TownshipUnion TownshipWaverly TownshipUnion Township
Waverly Township ↔ Union Township19 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.

Waverly TownshipUnion Township
People
Population 59Highest 55Lowest
Median age 68.1±11Lowest 79% above SD 70.1±21Highest 84% above SD
Union Township and Waverly Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 0%±47.9Lowest SD: 24.2% 3.6%±48.6Highest SD: 24.2%
Union Township and Waverly Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 54.2%±60.5Lowest SD: 18% 54.5%±51.2Highest SD: 18%
Union Township and Waverly Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.3%Highest SD: 31.9% 13.2%Lowest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 39%±40.1Highest SD: 5% 0%±25.7Lowest SD: 5%
Waverly Township and Union Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $32,065±$28k 57% below SD —
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied — $260,000±$106k about the SD average
Property taxmedian, yearly — $840 69% below SD
Below poverty line 0% SD: 11.9% 0% SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 100% SD: 68.6% 100% SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1938Lowest 42 yrs older than SD 1941Highest 39 yrs older than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way — 15 min 16% below SD
Work from home 0%±20Lowest SD: 9.7% 38.1%±45.6Highest SD: 9.7%
Union Township and Waverly 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 13.3 miLowest 23.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.44Highest 0.00Lowest
Top workplaceoutside town Britton (26%)Webster (25%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Union TownshipFew work in Waverly Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 15%Highest 8.9%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 0.7 miLowest 2.8 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 0.5Lowest 1.4Highest
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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