Next-door neighbors in Marshall County. The biggest differences: median age (55.2 yrs in Weston Township) and homeowners (+100 pts renters in Lowell Township).
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
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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.
Weston TownshipLowell Township
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People
Population60Lowest86Highest
Median age82.4±0.2Highest 117% above SD27.2±37.1Lowest 28% below SD
Kids under 180%±47.1Lowest SD: 24.2%34.9%±27.7Highest SD: 24.2%
Lowell Township and Weston Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+95%±100Highest SD: 18%29.1%±48.7Lowest SD: 18%
Weston Township and Lowell 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.