✓ Primary careNo HRSA shortage area covers Alliance Township itself
✓ Dental careAlliance Township is not a shortage area
✓ Mental healthNo HRSA shortage area covers Alliance Township itself
Hospitals: Medicare overall star ratings, 1–5. Community health centers charge on a sliding scale by income. Distances are straight-line from the center of Alliance Township; ≈ marks a hospital located by its town, not its street. Shortage areas: HRSA Health Professional Shortage Areas (a “population” designation covers specific residents, such as those with low incomes).
Habits
Everyday habits, side by side with South Dakota
Share of adults, with the South Dakota figure marked.
Get no exercise27.3%SD 24.1%
Sleep under 7 hours29.9%SD 29.7%
Binge drink16.7%SD 18.8%
Smoke cigarettes16.5%SD 15.2%
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Alliance Township, betterAlliance Township, worseAbout the sameSouth Dakota
Where Alliance Township gets moving
Walk with neighbors
The easiest exercise habit to keep is one with company.
Checkups & screenings
Keeping up with care
Share of Alliance Township adults getting routine care. The full ring is 100%; the dark tick marks South Dakota.
Yearly checkupSD 77%
Dentist visitSD 69%
Cholesterol checkSD 85%
Colon screeningSD 66%
MammogramSD 77%
Taking BP medsSD 76%
1 in 11
working-age adults has no health insurance
Alliance Township 8.8% · South Dakota 1 in 11 (8.8%)
Mind & connection
How Alliance Township adults are doing
About the same as South Dakota on each measure.
3 in 10Alliance Township adults feel lonely
29.5% · About the same as SD
1 in 5Alliance Township adults lack social or emotional support
21.2% · About the same as SD
1 in 4Alliance Township adults have been diagnosed with depression
23.1% · SD 21.2% · About the same as SD
1 in 6Alliance Township adults are in frequent mental distress
15.5% · SD 15.3% · About the same as SD
The one neighbors can help with
3 in 10 Alliance Township adults feel lonely. A hello is a start.
Groups are the easiest way in: a walking group, a book club, your street.
Highland Township, Blinsmon Township and Lone Rock Township: fewer than 1,000 residents. Same-state neighbors only, ordered by length of shared border.
Disability
Living with a disability
Shown without a better/worse judgment.
32.3%
of Alliance Township adults live with a disability (South Dakota 30.1%). Walking or climbing stairs is the most common.
Walking or climbing stairs15.2%
Thinking or memory14.1%
Hearing9.2%
Errands alone8.6%
Vision5.2%
Dressing or bathing4.1%
South Dakota
Questions about health in Alliance Township
Why doesn’t Alliance Township have a Health Grade?
Every Health Grade is built from seven of CDC’s PLACES estimates, and CDC doesn’t publish all seven for Alliance Township.
What hospital is closest to Alliance Township?
Pipestone County Medical Center in Pipestone, 10.4 miles in a straight line from Alliance Township’s center point, is the nearest general hospital with an emergency room. It has no Medicare star rating.
Neighbors talk health
Doctors taking patients, urgent care, staying active in Alliance Township.
Health estimates: CDC PLACES: Local Data for Better Health, 2025 release. The South Dakota figure combines its counties, weighted by adult population. Hospitals and star ratings: Medicare Care Compare (CMS). Health centers and shortage areas: HRSA. Ages: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey. Town boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau. This page isn’t medical advice. In an emergency, call 911.