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Arveson TownshipLind Township

People

Population 69Highest 27Lowest

Median age 27.6±13.8Lowest 29% below MN 53.5±0.2Highest 38% above MN

Kids under 18 29%±19.6Highest MN: 22.9% 0%±100Lowest MN: 22.9%

Arveson Township and Lind Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 17.4%±29.4Highest MN: 17.3% 11.1%±100Lowest MN: 17.3%

Arveson Township and Lind Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.3%Highest MN: 39.4% 0%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.4%±15.1Highest MN: 5.8% 0%±52.4Lowest MN: 5.8%

Arveson Township and Lind Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $93,036±$25kHighest 4% above MN $90,556±$14kLowest about the MN average

Arveson Township and Lind Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $167,200±$56k 49% below MN —

Property taxmedian, yearly $880 74% below MN —

Below poverty line 1.4%Lowest MN: 9.3% 11.1%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 100%Highest MN: 72.2% 78.6%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1973Lowest 6 yrs older than MN 1993Highest 14 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 min 48% above MN —

Work from home 0%±25 MN: 17.6% 0%±41.7 MN: 17.6%

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 26.8 miHighest 24.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.26Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Lancaster (21%)Greenbush (27%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Lind TownshipFew work in Arveson Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 37.5%Highest 2.9%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 7.1 miLowest 16.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.2 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2 2

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Highest 0.5Lowest

Minnesota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

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