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%

Monticello Township$2,180/mo

Typical home $371K (Census) · tax rate 0.76% · Housing →

Watab Township$1,900/mo

Typical home $318K (Census) · tax rate 0.86% · or rent about $959/mo · Housing →

The difference: $280 a month, about $3,400 a year, between Monticello Township and Watab 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

Watab Township places higher on 9 of 18 MN lists

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

A−Monticello TownshipBetter than 80% of districts in the state –Watab TownshipNot graded

Health

B+Monticello TownshipHealthier than 74% of U.S. towns B+Watab TownshipHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns

8Monticello Township

9Watab Township

Lists won, of 18 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Most trailsOutdoors · 223 towns #103#193 Shortest commuteGetting around · 275 towns #234#127 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 275 towns #211#105 Fastest growingGrowth · 272 towns #181#90 Lowest obesityHealth · 273 towns #178#252 Fewest uninsuredHealth · 273 towns #148#89 Highest incomeIncome · 275 towns #55#108 Most affordableCost of living · 275 towns #183#131

Left end = #1 in Minnesota. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Monticello Township’s rankings →

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

Monticello TownshipWatab Township

Snow a year40″48″

January low3°F 3°F

July high81°F 82°F

Growing season (days)163d 144d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)43rd 82nd

Outdoors & history

Monticello TownshipWatab Township

Trails24 mi 5 mi

Conserved land4.6%3.3%

Settled1856 —

National Register places1 —

Community

Monticello TownshipWatab Township

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 1

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

34 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Monticello TownshipWright County Watab TownshipBenton County

Monticello Township ↔ Watab Township34 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

Monticello TownshipWatab Township

People

Population 3,328Lowest 3,433Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +4%Lowest MN: +7.6% +10%Highest MN: +7.6%

Median age 41.3±4.7Lowest 6% above MN 44.2±2.6Highest 14% above MN

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

Kids under 18 24.5%±4.3Lowest MN: 22.9% 25.9%±5.3Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 19.7%±3.3Highest MN: 17.3% 12.6%±3.4Lowest MN: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 24.7%Lowest MN: 39.4% 28%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.8%±1.5Highest MN: 5.8% 2.1%±1.6Lowest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $123,200±$12kHighest 38% above MN $99,018±$30kLowest 11% above MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $370,800±$16kHighest 13% above MN $318,200±$48kLowest 3% below MN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $959±$604 25% below MN

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,834Highest 16% below MN $2,736Lowest 18% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 50.8%±41.4 MN: 48.1%

Below poverty line 1%Lowest MN: 9.3% 6.6%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 99.6%Highest MN: 72.2% 95.3%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1979Lowest same as MN 1988Highest 9 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 30 minHighest 31% above MN 23 minLowest about the MN average

Work from home 11.3%±3Highest MN: 17.6% 8.5%±3.9Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 1.7%Lowest 2.3%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 23.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.31Lowest 0.32Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Monticello (15%)St. Cloud (33%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Watab TownshipFew work in Monticello Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 4.6%Highest 3.3%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 23.5 miHighest 4.7 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.5Lowest 6.7Highest

Schools

School district Monticello Public School District—

High school in town None in town—

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.

Monticello Township vs Watab Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $280 more a month in Monticello Township

Watab Township places higher on 9 of 18 MN lists

What daily life feels like in each

34 miles apart

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