What stands out worked out from the figures below

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Grace has the most conserved land (7.1% of the town).

Havelock has the most kids (33.8% under 18).

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Pick a few. We’ll pull those rows to the top and mark which town comes out ahead on each. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Raising kidsAffordabilityOwning a homeShort commuteWorking from homeYounger crowdSettled, older crowdGrowing townOutdoorsyWalkable streets

Measure	Grace	Havelock
People
Population	62Lowest	204Highest
Median age	55.8±3.7Highest 44% above MN	37.3±15.1Lowest 4% below MN
	Grace and Havelock are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Kids under 18	8.1%±40Lowest MN: 22.9%	33.8%±12.1Highest MN: 22.9%
	Havelock and Grace are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+	22.6%±36.8Highest MN: 17.3%	15.2%±10.4Lowest MN: 17.3%
	Grace and Havelock are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+	7%Lowest MN: 39.4%	15.6%Highest MN: 39.4%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents	0%±22.8 MN: 5.8%	0%±6.9 MN: 5.8%
Cost of living
Household incomemedian	$90,893±$22kLowest about the MN average	$115,625±$48kHighest 30% above MN
	Havelock and Grace are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Home valuemedian, owner-occupied	$130,000±$27kLowest 61% below MN	$151,300±$26kHighest 54% below MN
	Havelock and Grace are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Property taxmedian, yearly	$1,063 68% below MN	—
Renters paying 30%+of income on rent	0%±100 MN: 48.1%	—
Below poverty line	0% MN: 9.3%	0% MN: 9.3%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes	77.4%Highest MN: 72.2%	67.9%Lowest MN: 72.2%
Typical home builtmedian year	1956Highest 23 yrs older than MN	1940Lowest 39 yrs older than MN
Getting to work
Average commuteone way	19 minHighest 15% below MN	15 minLowest 35% below MN
Work from home	17.1%±5.6Highest MN: 17.6%	13.2%±11.1Lowest MN: 17.6%
	Grace and Havelock are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Work in townworking residents	2.2%Highest	1.6%Lowest
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line	23.3 miLowest	24.8 miHighest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub	0.49Lowest	0.56Highest
Top workplaceoutside town	Montevideo (31%)	Montevideo (19%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others	Few work in Havelock	Few work in Grace
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town	7.1%Highest	1.8%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles	1.5 miHighest	1.2 miLowest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi	0.0 mi	0.0 mi
Parks & preservesnamed on the map	1	1
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure	1.0Lowest	1.1Highest
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Old photos in History	None yet	None yet

MN average · Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates 2020–2024; 2010 & 2020 decennial census; NCES Common Core of Data; commute flows: Census LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics. “±” is the Census margin of error. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. School rank compares math and reading proficiency against the state average.