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%

Hoffman$1,420/mo

Typical home $238K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $866/mo · Housing →

Land Township$1,980/mo

Typical home $340K (Census) · tax rate 0.69% · Housing →

The difference: $560 a month, about $6,700 a year, between Land Township and Hoffman.

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

Hoffman and Land Township share a border

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

HoffmanLand Township

Hoffman ↔ Land Township3.4 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

4 Land Township residents work in Hoffman (3.1% of its workers)

Work & commute in Land Township →

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

HoffmanLand Township

Snow a year45″45″

January low1°F 1°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)150d 150d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)46th 46th

Outdoors & history

HoffmanLand Township

Trails—4 mi

Conserved land—8.6%

Settled1887 1878

Archive photos2 —

Community

HoffmanLand 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?

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

HoffmanLand Township

People

Population 730Highest 210Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +2.5% MN: +7.6% —

Median age 33.4±3.4Lowest 14% below MN 37±6.2Highest 5% below MN

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

Kids under 18 30.5%±4.7Highest MN: 22.9% 30%±7.4Lowest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 14.9%±4.2Lowest MN: 17.3% 23.3%±7.6Highest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 11.7%Lowest MN: 39.4% 23%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.2%±1.5Lowest MN: 5.8% 7.6%±8.3Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $51,500±$16kLowest 42% below MN $88,750±$31kHighest about the MN average

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $161,800±$30kLowest 51% below MN $339,500±$45kHighest 3% above MN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $866±$203 32% below MN —

Property taxmedian, yearly $1,395Lowest 58% below MN $2,350Highest 30% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 47.7%±18.4Highest MN: 48.1% 0%±100Lowest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 17%Highest MN: 9.3% 11.1%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 60.3%Lowest MN: 72.2% 91.8%Highest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Lowest 9 yrs older than MN 1980Highest 1 yr newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minLowest about the MN average 26 minHighest 16% above MN

Work from home 10.7%±5.8Lowest MN: 17.6% 21.4%±11.9Highest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.3%Highest 0.8%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miLowest 19.3 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.34Highest 0.29Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Alexandria (15%)Morris (15%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Land Township3% work in Hoffman

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 8.6%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 4.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 mi 0.1 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 3Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 23.5Highest 1.0Lowest

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.

Hoffman neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Hoffman’s Town Square.

Land Township neighborsTown Square →

Your question goes to Land Township’s Town Square.

Add a town

Set another town beside Hoffman and Land Township

One tap adds it. Up to 4 towns at once.

Towns like Hoffman

+ Compare

Pembina Township660 people · $174K homes

+ Compare

Grove City814 people · $142K homes

+ Compare

Hokah668 people · $189K homes

+ Compare

Ironton621 people · $144K homes

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.

Hoffman vs Land Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $560 more a month in Land Township

Hoffman and Land Township share a border

What daily life feels like in each

What matters to you?

Ask the people who live there

Set another town beside Hoffman and Land Township

Towns like Hoffman

Post to Hoffman

Check your email