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%

Fairhaven$1,520/mo

Typical home $256K (Census) · tax rate 0.84% · Housing →

Kinghurst Township$1,350/mo

Typical home $239K (Census) · tax rate 0.47% · Housing →

The difference: $170 a month, about $2,100 a year, between Fairhaven and Kinghurst 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

FairhavenKinghurst Township

Snow a year48″64″

January low3°F -5°F

July high82°F 77°F

Growing season (days)144d 140d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)61st 74th

Outdoors & history

FairhavenKinghurst Township

Trails0 mi 14 mi

Conserved land0%75.6%

Community

FairhavenKinghurst 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

165 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FairhavenMN Kinghurst TownshipItasca County

Fairhaven ↔ Kinghurst Township165 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

FairhavenKinghurst Township

People

Population 255Highest 222Lowest

Median age 44.2±13.5Highest 14% above MN 44±15.2Lowest 13% above MN

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

Kids under 18 23.9%±7.1Highest MN: 22.9% 20.7%±14.1Lowest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 21.2%±9.4Lowest MN: 17.3% 24.3%±13.5Highest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 15.7%Highest MN: 39.4% 14.9%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0%±5.5 MN: 5.8% 0%±6.4 MN: 5.8%

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $89,659±$7kHighest about the MN average $86,250±$42kLowest 3% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $255,600±$31kHighest 22% below MN $238,900±$58kLowest 27% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,152Highest 36% below MN $1,125Lowest 66% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 0%±100 MN: 48.1%

Below poverty line 9.4%Highest MN: 9.3% 2.7%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 99%Highest MN: 72.2% 97.3%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1986Highest 7 yrs newer than MN 1978Lowest 1 yr older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minLowest 38% above MN 54 minHighest 139% above MN

Work from home 12.9%±9.2Lowest MN: 17.6% 13.6%±15.4Highest MN: 17.6%

Kinghurst Township and Fairhaven 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 17.3 miLowest 33.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.05Highest 0.00Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Cloud (25%)Bigfork (10%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Kinghurst TownshipFew work in Fairhaven

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 75.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 13.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.4 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 4Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 13.7Highest 0.5Lowest

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.

Fairhaven vs Kinghurst Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $170 more a month in Fairhaven

What daily life feels like in each

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