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Morris Township vs Harding Township

Next-door neighbors in Ramsey County. The biggest differences: trails (2.9× in Harding Township).

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Morris Township, NDA small town of 0Ramsey County
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Harding Township, NDA small town of 17Ramsey County · 17 people
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Where each one shines

Two towns, two different strengths

What each town does better than most of its state (not better than each other). Tap one to see the page behind it.

Morris TownshipA small town of 0
Quiet strengthsMorris Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
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Harding TownshipA small town of 17
Quiet strengthsHarding Township doesn’t stand out on the data we haveNeighbors can tell you what the numbers miss.
All about Harding Township →
The biggest differences

Where they differ most

The rows below where the towns are furthest apart, beyond the Census margin of error. The full table is further down.

Trails2.9×
Harding Township has more miles of trail
Harding Township 28.0 miMorris Township 9.8 mi
★ What stands out · Where they are

Morris Township and Harding Township share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Morris TownshipHarding TownshipMorris TownshipHarding Township
Morris Township ↔ Harding Township6.6 miles apart · They share a border · Same county
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
Morris TownshipHarding Township
Snow a year38″38″
January low-6°F-6°F
July high78°F78°F
Growing season (days)128d128d
Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)26th26th
Outdoors & history
Morris TownshipHarding Township
Trails10 mi28 mi
Conserved land11.1%5.7%
Community
Morris TownshipHarding Township
Posts this month00
Neighbors joined00

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.

Morris TownshipHarding Township
People
Population 0Lowest 17Highest
Median age — 61.1±0.3 70% above ND
Kids under 18 — 0%±100 ND: 23.5%
Age 65+ — 5.9%±100 ND: 16.5%
Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ — 47.1% ND: 32.7%
Enrolled in collegeshare of residents — 0%±83.2 ND: 7.6%
Cost of living
Below poverty line — 0% ND: 10.8%
Housing
Homeownersof occupied homes — 100% ND: 62.9%
Getting to work
Work from home — 0%±62.5 ND: 8.1%
Work in townworking residents 0% 0%
Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 57.3 miHighest 22.8 miLowest
Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.14Lowest 0.15Highest
Top workplaceoutside town Devils Lake (28%)Devils Lake (38%)
Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Harding TownshipFew work in Morris Township
Outdoors
Conserved landshare of the town 11.1%Highest 5.7%Lowest
Trailsmapped miles 9.8 miLowest 28.0 miHighest
Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.3 miLowest 0.8 miHighest
Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0 0
Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 0.3 0.3
North Dakota average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024
Deciding?

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Bordering Morris Township

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Noonan Township18 people
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Freshwater Township25 people
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Minnewaukan Township233 people · $302K 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.

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