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%

Mapleton$1,600/mo

Typical home $254K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.30% · or rent about $782/mo · Housing →

Pike Bay Township$890/mo

Typical home $151K (Census) · tax rate 0.77% · or rent about $725/mo · Housing →

The difference: $720 a month, about $8,600 a year, between Mapleton and Pike Bay Township.

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.

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.

Safety

B+MapletonSafer than 72% of U.S. towns –Pike Bay TownshipNot graded

Schools

–MapletonNot graded DPike Bay TownshipBetter than 12% of districts in the state

Health

B+MapletonHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns D−Pike Bay TownshipHealthier than 5% 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

MapletonPike Bay Township

Snow a year47″49″

January low6°F -4°F

July high82°F 79°F

Growing season (days)166d 131d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 3rd

Outdoors & history

MapletonPike Bay Township

Trails0 mi 16 mi

Conserved land0%11.9%

National Register places3 —

Community

MapletonPike Bay Township

Library hours a week26 hrs —

Colleges in town—1

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.

Where they are

239 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

MapletonMN Pike Bay TownshipCass County

Mapleton ↔ Pike Bay Township239 miles apart

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

MapletonPike Bay Township

People

Population 1,728Lowest 1,811Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -2.6%Lowest MN: +7.6% +6.4%Highest MN: +7.6%

Median age 32.1±3.8Highest 17% below MN 29±1.6Lowest 25% below MN

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

Kids under 18 30.7%±4.4Lowest MN: 22.9% 36.2%±3.4Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 15.2%±3.1Highest MN: 17.3% 13.9%±2Lowest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 26.4%Highest MN: 39.4% 18.9%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.9%±1.3Lowest MN: 5.8% 3.1%±1.9Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $80,909±$12kHighest 9% below MN $72,750±$19kLowest 18% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $181,900±$21kHighest 45% below MN $151,000±$36kLowest 54% below MN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $782±$66Highest 39% below MN $725±$231Lowest 43% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,369Highest 29% below MN $1,165Lowest 65% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 50.4%±19.3Highest MN: 48.1% 33%±18.5Lowest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 13.4%Lowest MN: 9.3% 22.9%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 76%Highest MN: 72.2% 73.4%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1955Lowest 24 yrs older than MN 1980Highest 1 yr newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 23 minHighest about the MN average 21 minLowest 7% below MN

Work from home 6.5%±2.5Highest MN: 17.6% 5.8%±3Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 12.6%Lowest 18.6%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 17.3 miHighest 13.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.72Lowest 1.85Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Mankato (30%)Cass Lake (28%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Pike Bay TownshipFew work in Mapleton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 11.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 16.1 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.1 miLowest 0.5 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 3Highest 2Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 69.5Highest 2.9Lowest

Schools

School district —CASS LAKE-BENA PUBLIC SCHOOLS

High school in town —Cass Lake-Bena Secondary

Students per teacherat that high school — 11.7

Minnesota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

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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.

Mapleton vs Pike Bay Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $720 more a month in Mapleton

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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