Next-door neighbors in Brule County. The biggest differences: jobs per worker (9.3× in Chamberlain Township) and work from home (+64.2 pts in West Point Township).
A typical home costs $420 more a month in Chamberlain Township
A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.
The difference: $420 a month, about $5,000 a year, between Chamberlain Township and West Point Township.
Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.
Where they are
West Point Township and Chamberlain Township share a border
Straight-line miles between town centers.
West Point TownshipChamberlain Township
West Point Township ↔ Chamberlain Township5.7 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
Report cards
Grades and rankings, side by side
Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every South Dakota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.
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.
West Point TownshipChamberlain Township
Your priorities
People
Population193Lowest307Highest
Median age54.1±23.8Highest 42% above SD29.5±0.9Lowest 22% below SD
West Point Township and Chamberlain Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 1830.6%±25.1Lowest SD: 24.2%37.5%±22.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Chamberlain Township and West Point Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+24.9%±20.3Highest SD: 18%5.5%±13.5Lowest SD: 18%
West Point Township and Chamberlain Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
HistorySettled in 18811 place on the National Register
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