Next-door neighbors in Beltrami County. The biggest differences: conserved land (+29 pts in Hamre Township) and median age (12.2 yrs in Steenerson Township).
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.
Hamre Township$1,770/mo
Typical home $263K (Census) · tax rate est. 1.8% · Housing →
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?
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.
Hamre TownshipSteenerson Township
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People
Population55Highest33Lowest
Median age48.2±8.8Lowest 24% above MN60.4±2.3Highest 56% above MN
Kids under 1821.8%±50.6Highest MN: 22.9%21.2%±76.3Lowest MN: 22.9%
Hamre Township and Steenerson Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
Age 65+9.1%±57.5Lowest MN: 17.3%33.3%±84Highest MN: 17.3%
Steenerson Township and Hamre Township are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.
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.
