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%

Bowstring Township$1,400/mo

Typical home $246K (Census) · tax rate 0.55% · Housing →

Oteneagen Township$1,120/mo

Typical home $193K (Census) · tax rate 0.67% · Housing →

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Bowstring Township and Oteneagen 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

Bowstring Township gets 32 more inches of snow a year

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

Bowstring TownshipOteneagen Township

Snow a year64″32″

January low-5°F —

July high77°F —

Growing season (days)140d —

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)74th 53rd

Outdoors & history

Bowstring TownshipOteneagen Township

Trails16 mi 1 mi

Conserved land45.1%62.7%

Community

Bowstring TownshipOteneagen 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

Bowstring Township and Oteneagen Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Bowstring TownshipOteneagen Township

Bowstring Township ↔ Oteneagen Township6.8 miles apart · They share a border · Same county

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Minnesota average

Bowstring TownshipOteneagen Township

People

Population 177Lowest 277Highest

Median age 61.9±5.4Highest 60% above MN 38.8±5.7Lowest about the MN average

Kids under 18 12.4%±8.2Lowest MN: 22.9% 29.6%±4.8Highest MN: 22.9%

Age 65+ 35.6%±2.5Highest MN: 17.3% 17%±7.4Lowest MN: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.6%Lowest MN: 39.4% 17.8%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±2.4Highest MN: 5.8% 1.8%±2.1Lowest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $72,083±$15kLowest 19% below MN $74,688±$27kHighest 16% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $246,200±$34kHighest 25% below MN $193,200±$28kLowest 41% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,344Highest 60% below MN $1,303Lowest 61% below MN

Below poverty line 6.8%Lowest MN: 9.3% 10%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.8%Lowest MN: 72.2% 99%Highest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1984Lowest 5 yrs newer than MN 1991Highest 12 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 36 minHighest 57% above MN 33 minLowest 47% above MN

Work from home 2.8%±4.1Lowest MN: 17.6% 9.2%±7Highest MN: 17.6%

Oteneagen Township and Bowstring 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 37.8 miHighest 23.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.15Highest 0.05Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Grand Rapids (11%)Deer River (18%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Oteneagen TownshipFew work in Bowstring Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 45.1%Lowest 62.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 16.0 miHighest 0.6 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.9Highest 0.6Lowest

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.

Bowstring Township vs Oteneagen Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Bowstring Township

Bowstring Township gets 32 more inches of snow a year

Bowstring Township and Oteneagen Township share a border

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