A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Ault Township$1,420/mo

Typical home $248K (Census) · tax rate 0.58% · Housing →

Tansem Township$1,860/mo

Typical home $318K (Census) · tax rate 0.74% · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Tansem Township and Ault Township.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

What daily life feels like in each

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

Ault TownshipTansem Township

Snow a year70″54″

January low-4°F —

July high76°F —

Growing season (days)84d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)60th 80th

Outdoors & history

Ault TownshipTansem Township

Trails36 mi 6 mi

Conserved land8.3%36%

Community

Ault TownshipTansem Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

206 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Ault TownshipSt. Louis County Tansem TownshipClay County

Ault Township ↔ Tansem Township206 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs Minnesota average

Ault TownshipTansem Township

People

Population 201Lowest 233Highest

Median age 52.4±9.8Highest 35% above MN 51.8±16.8Lowest 34% above MN

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

Kids under 18 7.5%±12.4Lowest MN: 22.9% 29.6%±7.2Highest MN: 22.9%

Age 65+ 30.8%±17.9Highest MN: 17.3% 25.8%±9Lowest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 42.8%Lowest MN: 39.4% 46%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±5.5Lowest MN: 5.8% 2.6%±5Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $76,875±$40kLowest 14% below MN $105,625±$30kHighest 19% above MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $247,500±$102kLowest 25% below MN $317,500±$53kHighest 4% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,432Lowest 57% below MN $2,365Highest 30% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 100%±100 MN: 48.1%

Below poverty line 2%Lowest MN: 9.3% 7.3%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.6%Highest MN: 72.2% 95.7%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Highest 9 yrs newer than MN 1978Lowest 1 yr older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 45 minHighest 98% above MN 33 minLowest 44% above MN

Work from home 19.5%±11.9Highest MN: 17.6% 12.1%±6Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 0% 0%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 36.3 miHighest 29.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.17Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Duluth (22%)Fargo (34%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Tansem TownshipFew work in Ault Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 8.3%Lowest 36%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 35.8 miHighest 5.5 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.6Lowest 1.0Highest

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

Deciding?

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The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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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.

Ault Township vs Tansem Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Tansem Township

What daily life feels like in each

206 miles apart

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