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%

Eagle Bend$1,610/mo

Typical home $253K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.36% · or rent about $692/mo · Housing →

Marble$790/mo

Typical home $134K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $658/mo · Housing →

The difference: $820 a month, about $9,800 a year, between Eagle Bend and Marble.

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

Eagle BendMarble

Snow a year54″60″

January low-1°F -2°F

July high79°F 80°F

Growing season (days)134d 130d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)23rd 33rd

Outdoors & history

Eagle BendMarble

Trails1 mi 6 mi

Conserved land0%19.4%

National Register places1 —

Community

Eagle BendMarble

Library hours a week22 hrs 22 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.

Where they are

115 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Eagle BendMN MarbleMN

Eagle Bend ↔ Marble115 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

Eagle BendMarble

People

Population 597Lowest 669Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.1%Highest MN: +7.6% -13%Lowest MN: +7.6%

Median age 32.6±4.4Highest 16% below MN 30.8±12.6Lowest 21% below MN

Eagle Bend and Marble are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 35%±11.1Highest MN: 22.9% 13.2%±5.2Lowest MN: 22.9%

Age 65+ 17.1%±1.6Highest MN: 17.3% 10%±4.8Lowest MN: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 5.4%Lowest MN: 39.4% 6.1%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±3Lowest MN: 5.8% 6%±4.3Highest MN: 5.8%

Marble and Eagle Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $49,559±$2kLowest 44% below MN $53,958±$14kHighest 39% below MN

Marble and Eagle Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $99,100±$13kLowest 70% below MN $102,500±$22kHighest 69% below MN

Marble and Eagle Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Rentmedian gross, monthly $692±$396Highest 46% below MN $658±$589Lowest 49% below MN

Eagle Bend and Marble are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,343Highest 60% below MN $811Lowest 76% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 10.3%±36.9Lowest MN: 48.1% 31.1%±32.7Highest MN: 48.1%

Marble and Eagle Bend are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 15.7%Lowest MN: 9.3% 17%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 82.9%Highest MN: 72.2% 78%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1945Lowest 34 yrs older than MN 1951Highest 28 yrs older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 29 minHighest 29% above MN 22 minLowest 4% below MN

Work from home 9.1%±5.5Highest MN: 17.6% 5.5%±4Lowest MN: 17.6%

Eagle Bend and Marble are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 6.8%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 14.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.76Highest 0.57Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Long Prairie (9%)Grand Rapids (30%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MarbleFew work in Eagle Bend

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 19.4%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 1.0 miLowest 5.8 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.8 miLowest 1.3 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 32.3Highest 7.2Lowest

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

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

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.

Eagle Bend vs Marble

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $820 more a month in Eagle Bend

What daily life feels like in each

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