Mapleton TownshipSD
A town of 2,063.
Is Mapleton Township a good place to live?
The best of Mapleton Township’s subject grades is an A for incomes; the weakest is a C for walkability. Mapleton Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Renner Lutheran Sanctuary and Renner Ball Park. Mapleton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Mapleton Township stand out
Where Mapleton Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Mapleton Township for work
Where Mapleton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Mapleton Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Dakota), ordered by how far Mapleton Township is from typical.
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Moving to Mapleton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Mapleton 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
Ordered by what stands out in Mapleton Township.
Mapleton Township stands out in South Dakota and nationally, with fewer of its working residents who work locally
2.4% of Mapleton Township residents live below the poverty line, below both South Dakota’s towns (9.5%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Mapleton Township has added 48 jobs, to 317 in 2023. Among 36 South Dakota towns, just 2 have a higher share of workers working from home than Mapleton Township. The income of the median household for Mapleton Township comes to $111,000.
| Mapleton Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 29% | 8% |
| Median household income | $111,000 | $72,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Mapleton Township’s public schools outperform 59% of South Dakota districts
The Sioux Falls School District 49-5 runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Enrollment at Mapleton Township’s public school: 155 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Renberg Elementary - 42Largest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 155 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SD on state tests and graduation
Top of a low hazard risk in Mapleton Township: tornadoes
Mapleton Township’s risk rating from FEMA stands at 28 of 100, below both the South Dakota town median (54 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100). 79 flood insurance claims have been paid here since 1984. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 33% come from tornadoes and 32% from inland flooding.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Mapleton Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 84° and January nights of 7°, with about 45 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Mapleton Township are healthier than 64% of U.S. towns
In Mapleton Township, 15% of adults smoke cigarettes. 30% of adults in Mapleton Township sleep under 7 hours; 38% have obesity.
| Mapleton Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 19% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 35% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Mapleton Township | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 3.1% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More children than South Dakota overall
Four-year graduates: 30% of adults 25 and older here, 32% across South Dakota. Children under 18 are 30% of residents (24% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide). Mapleton Township has lost 3.6% of its people since 2020, down to 2,063 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Mapleton Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 38.3 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 17% | 19% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.4 points. Across South Dakota, 49.2% of residents are women.
| Mapleton Township | SD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 23.3% | 13.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.2% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 1.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.6% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.9% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 11% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.2% | 29% | 26% |
| Some college | 31.2% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.4% | 12.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.6% | 21.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 5.9% | 10% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
0% of Mapleton Township is conserved land
Across 1 park or preserve: 0.9 miles of trail. One park or preserve covers 7 acres in Mapleton Township.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Renner Ball Park | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Pipestone National Monument and 6 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Mapleton Township. Close and well known come first.
32 mi National MonumentPipestone National Monument77K visitors a year
8 mi Zoo & aquariumGreat Plains Zoo
7 mi MuseumWashington Pavilion of Arts and Science
6 mi MuseumPettigrew Home & Museum24 mi MuseumPorter Sculpture Park
21 mi MuseumJasper MuseumPhoto credits
Pipestone National Monument: Unknown, Public domain · Great Plains Zoo: Jake DeGroot, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science: Jon Platek, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pettigrew Home & Museum: Jerry from Sioux Falls, South Dakota, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Jasper Museum: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Mapleton Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Mapleton Township
About 1 of every 100 Mapleton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 5 across South Dakota.
Mapleton Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Mapleton Township.
| Town | SD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mapleton Township | — | — | B | — | B | B |
| Sioux Falls | #27 | C+ | B− | D | C+ | B+ |
| Benton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sverdrup Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brandon Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Edison Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Mapleton Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Mapleton Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Benton Township, Sverdrup Township, Brandon Township and Edison Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Mapleton Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Mapleton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Mapleton Township, SD expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.