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%

Flensburg$1,120/mo

Typical home $192K (Census) · tax rate 0.72% · or rent about $638/mo · Housing →

Culdrum Township$2,120/mo

Typical home $371K (Census) · tax rate 0.55% · or rent about $760/mo · Housing →

The difference: $990 a month, about $11,900 a year, between Culdrum Township and Flensburg.

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

Flensburg and Culdrum Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

FlensburgCuldrum Township

Flensburg ↔ Culdrum Township3.6 miles apart · They share a border

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

FlensburgCuldrum Township

Snow a year51″54″

January low—-1°F

July high—79°F

Growing season (days)—134d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)75th 75th

Outdoors & history

FlensburgCuldrum Township

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0.8%

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Community

FlensburgCuldrum 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.

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

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Only big differences vs Minnesota average

FlensburgCuldrum Township

People

Population 199Lowest 414Highest

Median age 57.1±15.8Highest 47% above MN 33.6±3Lowest 13% below MN

Kids under 18 20.1%±3.6Lowest MN: 22.9% 31.2%±5.4Highest MN: 22.9%

Age 65+ 23.6%±10.2Highest MN: 17.3% 15%±4.3Lowest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.7%Highest MN: 39.4% 8.8%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2%±1.7Lowest MN: 5.8% 4.3%±2.6Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $108,750±$14kHighest 22% above MN $75,000±$18kLowest 16% below MN

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $192,400±$33kLowest 42% below MN $371,400±$55kHighest 13% above MN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $638±$358Lowest 50% below MN $760±$74Highest 41% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,384Lowest 59% below MN $2,034Highest 39% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 83.3%±100Highest MN: 48.1% 23.1%±57.6Lowest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 4%Lowest MN: 9.3% 12.7%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 92.1%Highest MN: 72.2% 76.4%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1968Lowest 11 yrs older than MN 1980Highest 1 yr newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 21 minLowest 8% below MN 33 minHighest 44% above MN

Work from home 2.7%±2.4Lowest MN: 17.6% 7%±3.4Highest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 0%Lowest 2.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 18.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.19Lowest 0.49Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Little Falls (34%)Little Falls (31%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Culdrum TownshipFew work in Flensburg

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.8% 0.8%

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.9Highest 1.2Lowest

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.

Flensburg vs Culdrum Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $990 more a month in Culdrum Township

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