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Wessington vs Hulbert Township

Next-door neighbors. The biggest differences: street grid (206.6× in Wessington) and jobs per worker (5.4× in Hulbert Township).

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Wessington, SDA small town of 192South Dakota · 192 people
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Hulbert Township, SDAn outdoors townHand County · 39 people
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.

WessingtonA small town of 192
Quiet strengthsWessington 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 part ways

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

★ What stands out · Where they are

Wessington and Hulbert Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

WessingtonHulbert TownshipWessingtonHulbert Township
Wessington ↔ Hulbert Township4.6 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
WessingtonHulbert Township
Snow a year44″44″
January low7°F7°F
July high85°F85°F
Growing season (days)152d152d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)41st62nd
Outdoors & history
WessingtonHulbert Township
Trails—2 mi
Conserved land—14.1%
Community
WessingtonHulbert 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.

WessingtonHulbert Township
People
Population 192Highest 39Lowest
Median age 31.9±5.6Lowest 16% below SD 45.4±43Highest 19% above SD
Hulbert Township and Wessington are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18 33.3%±8.8Highest SD: 24.2% 28.2%±59.8Lowest SD: 24.2%
Wessington and Hulbert Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+ 10.9%±9.9Lowest SD: 18% 43.6%±73.4Highest SD: 18%
Hulbert Township and Wessington are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 22.5%Lowest SD: 31.9% 39.3%Highest SD: 31.9%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.2%±6.8Highest SD: 5% 0%±36.3Lowest SD: 5%
Wessington and Hulbert Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Cost of living
Household incomemedian $58,125±$32kLowest 23% below SD $151,250±$116kHighest 101% above SD
Hulbert Township and Wessington are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $102,100±$28k 60% below SD —
Rentmedian gross, monthly $538±$19 43% below SD —
Property taxmedian, yearly $814 70% below SD —
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 100%±44.2 SD: 39.8% —
Below poverty line 21.4%Highest SD: 11.9% 0%Lowest SD: 11.9%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes 75.3%Lowest SD: 68.6% 100%Highest SD: 68.6%
Typical home builtmedian year 1950Lowest 30 yrs older than SD 2003Highest 23 yrs newer than SD
Getting to work
Average commuteone way 14 min 20% below SD —
Work from home 3.6%±3.5Highest SD: 9.7% 0%±66.7Lowest SD: 9.7%
Wessington and Hulbert Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents 1.2%Highest 0%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miLowest 32.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.42Lowest 2.27Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Huron (27%)Sioux Falls (13%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Hulbert TownshipFew work in Wessington
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 14.1%Highest
Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 1.7 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 103Highest 0.5Lowest
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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