Wall Lake TownshipSD
A town of 1,210.
Is Wall Lake Township a good place to live?
The best of Wall Lake Township’s subject grades are an A for incomes and an A− for health; the weakest is a D for walkability. On walkability, just 1 of South Dakota’s 85 towns do worse. Homes are expensive, about $389K for a typical one and 4.7 times the Sioux Falls metro’s $83K median household income. Only 5 of South Dakota’s 84 towns score higher on incomes. 11% of the land in Wall Lake Township is conserved, where South Dakota’s towns sit at 3.3% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. On civic life, just 5 of South Dakota’s 73 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Wall Lake Park, at 23 acres. Wall Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Wall Lake Township stand out
Where Wall Lake Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Wall Lake Township | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.1% | 12.7% |
1,210 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Wall Lake Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within South Dakota), ordered by how far Wall Lake Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Wall Lake Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Wall Lake 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 Wall Lake Township.
Residents of Wall Lake Township are healthier than 80% of U.S. towns
Wall Lake Township beats the South Dakota average on 10 of 26 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Wall Lake Township, below both the South Dakota town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 21% of Wall Lake Township adults binge drink.
| Wall Lake Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 19% | 16% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Wall Lake Township | SD |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 9.1% | 12.7% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.7% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Public schools in Wall Lake Township beat 67% of South Dakota districts
Its public schools are run by the West Central School District 49-7. No of its 2 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|
NCES · EDFacts · graded within SD on state tests and graduation
About two in three of Wall Lake Township’s working residents commute to Sioux Falls
Most working residents leave Wall Lake Township for work: only 3% work in town. The median household income in Wall Lake Township is $129,000. Since 2013, Wall Lake Township has added 73 jobs, to 196 in 2023.
| Wall Lake Township | South Dakota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $129,000 | $72,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.7% | 29% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 17 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Wall Lake Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by tornadoes
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Wall Lake Township
Wall Lake Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 8° and about 45 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wall Lake Park | 0.2 mi | 23 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
An age mix much like South Dakota’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the South Dakota average. Wall Lake Township has lost 3.7% of its people since 2020, down to 1,210 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 27% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 32% across South Dakota.
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.3 points. Across South Dakota, 49.2% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 100% are men (SD 52%).
| Wall Lake Township | SD | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 23.1% | 13.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 1.9% | 11.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 5.6% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 18.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 5.8% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 10.7% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 12.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14% | 11% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.5% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5% | 6.8% | 10.4% |
| High school | 17.9% | 29% | 26% |
| Some college | 21% | 19.9% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 29% | 12.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 18.4% | 21.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.8% | 10% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,200, single groups can be off by several points
Great Plains Zoo and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Wall Lake Township. Close and well known come first.
9 mi Zoo & aquariumGreat Plains Zoo
11 mi MuseumWashington Pavilion of Arts and Science
11 mi MuseumPettigrew Home & Museum14 mi MuseumPorter Sculpture Park
34 mi MuseumJasper Museum
38 mi MuseumHinkly House 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 · Jasper Museum: Heritage Preservation Department - MNHS, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Hinkly House Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Wall Lake Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Wall Lake Township
About 6 of every 100 Wall Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as South Dakota.
97% of working residents leave Wall Lake Township for work
Where Wall Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Wall Lake Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Wall Lake 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 C.