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%

Maple Lake Township$2,770/mo

Typical home $470K (Census) · tax rate 0.79% · or rent about $1,143/mo · Housing →

Maple Lake$2,340/mo

Typical home $379K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.11% · or rent about $591/mo · Housing →

The difference: $440 a month, about $5,300 a year, between Maple Lake Township and Maple Lake.

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

Maple Lake Township and Maple Lake share a border

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

Maple Lake TownshipMaple Lake

Maple Lake Township ↔ Maple Lake2.5 miles apart · They share a border

Who commutes between them

122 Maple Lake Township residents work in Maple Lake (11.9% of its workers)

25 Maple Lake residents work in Maple Lake Township (2.3% of its workers)

Work & commute in Maple Lake Township →

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

–Maple Lake TownshipNot graded AMaple LakeBetter than 86% of districts in the state

Health

B+Maple Lake TownshipHealthier than 75% of U.S. towns B+Maple LakeHealthier than 69% of U.S. towns

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

Maple Lake TownshipMaple Lake

Snow a year40″40″

January low3°F 3°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)163d 163d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)36th 31st

Outdoors & history

Maple Lake TownshipMaple Lake

Trails9 mi 0 mi

Conserved land2.6%0.2%

Settled1858 1858

Archive photos7 —

Famous people born here4 —

Community

Maple Lake TownshipMaple Lake

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

Maple Lake TownshipMaple Lake

People

Population 2,490Highest 2,042Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4.7%Lowest MN: +7.6% +4.9%Highest MN: +7.6%

Median age 42.6±4.4Highest 10% above MN 33.6±3.4Lowest 13% below MN

Kids under 18 24.7%±4.6Lowest MN: 22.9% 28.1%±4Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 17%±4.1Highest MN: 17.3% 10.2%±2.6Lowest MN: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.6%Highest MN: 39.4% 17.5%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.1%±0.9Lowest MN: 5.8% 3%±1.5Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $103,864±$26kHighest 17% above MN $93,750±$21kLowest 5% above MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $469,600±$35kHighest 43% above MN $246,800±$18kLowest 25% below MN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,143±$63Highest 11% below MN $591±$353Lowest 54% below MN

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,725Highest 11% above MN $2,737Lowest 18% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 8.9%±16.6Lowest MN: 48.1% 36.8%±28.2Highest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 7.3%Highest MN: 9.3% 4.4%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 84.6%Highest MN: 72.2% 84%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1975Lowest 4 yrs older than MN 1983Highest 4 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minLowest 13% above MN 31 minHighest 34% above MN

Work from home 13.4%±5.9Highest MN: 17.6% 6.5%±2.4Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.6%Lowest 12.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.3 miLowest 21.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.26Lowest 1.53Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Buffalo (15%)Buffalo (11%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others 12% work in Maple Lake2% work in Maple Lake Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 2.6%Highest 0.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 9.4 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miHighest 0.0 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.6Lowest 49.7Highest

Schools

School district —MAPLE LAKE PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town —Maple Lake Secondary

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.7

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.

Maple Lake Township vs Maple Lake

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $440 more a month in Maple Lake Township

Maple Lake Township and Maple Lake share a border

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