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%

Blackduck$950/mo

Typical home $148K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.41% · or rent about $749/mo · Housing →

Summit Township$1,300/mo

Typical home $215K (Census) · tax rate 0.94% · Housing →

The difference: $350 a month, about $4,100 a year, between Summit Township and Blackduck.

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.

Where they are

Blackduck and Summit Township share a border

And the people who already live in one and work in the other.

BlackduckSummit Township

Blackduck ↔ Summit Township4.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

22 Summit Township residents work in Blackduck (16.4% of its workers)

8 Blackduck residents work in Summit Township (2.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Summit Township →

Report cards

Grades and rankings, side by side

Our letter grades for safety, schools and health, then every Minnesota ranking list both towns are on. A grade is one measure; read the page behind it.

Schools

C+BlackduckBetter than 36% of districts in the state –Summit TownshipNot graded

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

BlackduckSummit Township

Snow a year49″49″

January low-4°F -4°F

July high79°F 79°F

Growing season (days)131d 131d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)19th 19th

Outdoors & history

BlackduckSummit Township

Trails2 mi 8 mi

Conserved land0.7%26.5%

Settled1900 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos18 —

Famous people born here2 —

Community

BlackduckSummit Township

Library hours a week20 hrs —

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.

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

BlackduckSummit Township

People

Population 699Highest 185Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +7.6% MN: +7.6% —

Median age 29.9±11Lowest 23% below MN 50.3±9.8Highest 30% above MN

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

Kids under 18 22.9%±6.1Highest MN: 22.9% 17.8%±9.3Lowest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 20.6%±10.4Lowest MN: 17.3% 30.8%±6.3Highest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 28.6%Lowest MN: 39.4% 35.3%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 5.4%±4Highest MN: 5.8% 1.6%±5.8Lowest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $36,447±$5kLowest 59% below MN $63,750±$30kHighest 28% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $96,900±$47kLowest 71% below MN $215,000±$28kHighest 35% below MN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $749±$44 41% below MN —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,362Lowest 59% below MN $2,025Highest 40% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 57.6%±19.4Highest MN: 48.1% 0%±100Lowest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 25.9%Highest MN: 9.3% 2.2%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 49.6%Lowest MN: 72.2% 93.8%Highest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Highest 2 yrs newer than MN 1978Lowest 1 yr older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 19% above MN 17 minLowest 27% below MN

Work from home 7.4%±7.4Lowest MN: 17.6% 11.8%±8.9Highest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 16.9%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miLowest 25.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 1.48Highest 0.51Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Bemidji (26%)Bemidji (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 2% work in Summit Township16% work in Blackduck

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 26.5%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.5 miLowest 8.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.7 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 27.0Highest 0.4Lowest

Schools

School district BLACKDUCK PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT—

High school in town Blackduck Secondary—

Students per teacherat that high school 14.0 —

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

Deciding?

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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.

Blackduck vs Summit Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $350 more a month in Summit Township

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