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%

Finlayson Township$1,430/mo

Typical home $244K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · or rent about $1,333/mo · Housing →

Finlayson$1,670/mo

Typical home $278K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.90% · or rent about $950/mo · Housing →

The difference: $240 a month, about $2,800 a year, between Finlayson and Finlayson 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.

Where they are

Finlayson Township and Finlayson share a border

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

Finlayson TownshipFinlayson

Finlayson Township ↔ Finlayson3.6 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

10 Finlayson Township residents work in Finlayson (5.4% of its workers)

9 Finlayson residents work in Finlayson Township (7.3% of its workers)

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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

CFinlayson TownshipBetter than 25% of districts in the state CFinlaysonBetter than 25% of districts in the state

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

Finlayson TownshipFinlayson

Snow a year64″45″

January low-0°F -1°F

July high78°F 79°F

Growing season (days)129d 130d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 44th

Outdoors & history

Finlayson TownshipFinlayson

Trails9 mi —

Conserved land18.1%—

Settled1905 —

National Register places—2

Archive photos6 —

Famous people born here1 —

Community

Finlayson TownshipFinlayson

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.

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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

Finlayson TownshipFinlayson

People

Population 501Highest 267Lowest

Median age 50.8±5.8Highest 31% above MN 47.5±12.1Lowest 22% above MN

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

Kids under 18 18.8%±3.8Lowest MN: 22.9% 20.6%±6.2Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 32.5%±8.6Highest MN: 17.3% 25.5%±4.3Lowest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 13.6%Lowest MN: 39.4% 23.2%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±1.2Lowest MN: 5.8% 4.1%±3.3Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $70,156±$16kHighest 21% below MN $68,500±$16kLowest 23% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $243,800±$81kHighest 26% below MN $219,400±$33kLowest 33% below MN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,333±$396Highest 4% above MN $950±$225Lowest 26% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,860Lowest 45% below MN $1,978Highest 41% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 0%±100Lowest MN: 48.1% 61.8%±35.1Highest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 4.4%Lowest MN: 9.3% 18.4%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 95.5%Highest MN: 72.2% 73%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1983Highest 4 yrs newer than MN 1977Lowest 2 yrs older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 27 minHighest 21% above MN 20 minLowest 13% below MN

Work from home 4.7%±4.2Highest MN: 17.6% 2.9%±2.7Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 4.9%Highest 4.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 16.3 miLowest 17.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.85Lowest 1.79Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sandstone (13%)Sandstone (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 5% work in Finlayson7% work in Finlayson Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 18.1%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.2 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Highest 0Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.3Lowest 15.6Highest

Schools

School district EAST CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICTHINCKLEY-FINLAYSON SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town East Central Senior SecondaryNone in town

Students per teacherat that high school 14.1 —

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

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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.

Finlayson Township vs Finlayson

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $240 more a month in Finlayson

Finlayson Township and Finlayson share a border

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