Springdale TownshipSD
A town of 2,229.
Is Springdale Township a good place to live?
Springdale Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for health; its weakest is a D for walkability. Springdale Township’s median household income is $151,000, against $72,000 in South Dakota’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. On health, just 2 of South Dakota’s 85 towns do better. The typical home is worth about $664K, 8 years of the Sioux Falls metro’s $83K median household income. Only 2 of South Dakota’s 73 towns score lower on civic life. Good Earth State Park, at 664 acres with 7.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Springdale Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Springdale Township for work
Where Springdale Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Springdale Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Dakota), ordered by how far Springdale Township is from typical.
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Moving to Springdale Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Springdale 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 Springdale Township.
On CDC estimates, Springdale Township is healthier than 93% of U.S. towns
Springdale Township beats the South Dakota average on 16 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 22% of Springdale Township adults binge drink, where South Dakota’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 16%. 8.9% of adults report frequent physical distress in Springdale Township.
| Springdale Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 19% | 16% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 31% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 10% | 12% |
| What stands out | Springdale Township | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 7% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.1% | 3.5% |
| More binge drinkers | 22% | 18.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
About two in three of Springdale Township’s working residents commute to Sioux Falls
Most working residents leave Springdale Township for work: only 1% work in town. 1.3% of Springdale Township residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Springdale Township grew to 837 in 2023, 604 more than in 2013.
| Springdale Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 29% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.3% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Springdale Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Springdale Township has cold, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 8° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Springdale Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Springdale Township since 2024.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 4.8% of Springdale Township
8.1 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Springdale Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.6 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.8% | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Good Earth State Park | 7.6 mi | 664 |
| 2. Lake Alvin Game Production Area | 0.5 mi | 158 |
| 3. Nine Mile Creek Game Production Area | — | 225 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Great Plains Zoo and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Springdale Township. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Zoo & aquariumGreat Plains Zoo
7 mi MuseumWashington Pavilion of Arts and Science
7 mi MuseumPettigrew Home & Museum30 mi MuseumPorter Sculpture Park
26 mi MuseumHinkly House Museum
30 mi MuseumJasper MuseumPhoto credits
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 · Hinkly House Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Jasper Museum: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Springdale Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Springdale Township
About 6 of every 100 Springdale Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as South Dakota.
Springdale Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Springdale Township.
| Town | SD rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | A |
| Sioux Falls | #27 | C+ | B− | D | C+ | B+ |
| Harrisburg | #8 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
| Delapre Township | — | — | C | — | A− | A |
| Dayton Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Springdale Township and Delapre Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Springdale Township, Harrisburg and Delapre Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dayton Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Springdale Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Springdale Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Springdale Township, SD expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.