Long Hollow TownshipSD
A town of 423.
Is Long Hollow Township a good place to live?
Long Hollow Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
423 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to Long Hollow Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Long Hollow Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
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Long Hollow Township stands out in South Dakota and nationally: a larger share of its residents live below the poverty line
The average trip to work for Long Hollow Township comes to 10 minutes, below both the South Dakota town median (17 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). In Long Hollow Township, 5.8% of working residents work locally. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs locally rose by 50, to 85. The top destinations are Sisseton (35%), Greendale Township (13%) and Long Hollow (6%).
| Long Hollow Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 25% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 10 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.8% | 29% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A typical July afternoon in Long Hollow Township is cooler than in the typical South Dakota or U.S. town
The seasons in Long Hollow Township: cold, snowy winters, pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 3° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Long Hollow Township is
Two figures for adults in Long Hollow Township: 17% have diabetes, 18% report frequent physical distress. Against the South Dakota average, Long Hollow Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 26, and behind on 19. No town among the 36 in South Dakota we compare has a higher share of adults who have obesity than Long Hollow Township. For adults in the town, the share who smoke cigarettes is 23%.
| Long Hollow Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 10% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 45% | 35% | 35% |
| What stands out | Long Hollow Township | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer binge drinkers | 15.4% | 18.8% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 20.9% | 12.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Long Hollow Township, mostly inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Long Hollow Township, 38% come from inland flooding and 26% from cold waves. Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Long Hollow Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Long Hollow Township
About 0 of every 100 Long Hollow Township residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
94% of working residents leave Long Hollow Township for work
Where Long Hollow Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Long Hollow Township
Community in South Dakota
Long Hollow is an unincorporated community and census-designated place on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in Roberts County, South Dakota, United States. Its population was 265 as of the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,696 ft
- Area code
- 605
Questions about Long Hollow Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Long Hollow Township, SD a good place to live?
Long Hollow Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.