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%

Pemberton$1,600/mo

Typical home $243K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.62% · or rent about $1,714/mo · Housing →

Monroe Township$1,060/mo

Typical home $173K (Census) · tax rate 1.06% · Housing →

The difference: $550 a month, about $6,500 a year, between Pemberton and Monroe 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.

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

PembertonMonroe Township

Snow a year52″49″

January low5°F 5°F

July high81°F 82°F

Growing season (days)155d 156d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)39th 60th

Outdoors & history

PembertonMonroe Township

Trails—0 mi

Conserved land—0.9%

Settled—1874

Community

PembertonMonroe 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.

Where they are

95 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

PembertonMN Monroe TownshipLyon County

Pemberton ↔ Monroe Township95 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

PembertonMonroe Township

People

Population 223Lowest 261Highest

Median age 27.7±2.7Lowest 29% below MN 29.4±20.3Highest 24% below MN

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

Kids under 18 36.8%±7.8Lowest MN: 22.9% 44.1%±23.6Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 9%±10.6Lowest MN: 17.3% 11.5%±6.1Highest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 18.5%Lowest MN: 39.4% 20%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.8%±5Highest MN: 5.8% 0%±5.4Lowest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $50,417±$11kLowest 43% below MN $78,000±$24kHighest 12% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $170,800±$16kLowest 48% below MN $172,900±$57kHighest 47% below MN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,714±$84 34% above MN —

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,768Highest 18% below MN $1,833Lowest 45% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 87.5%±100Highest MN: 48.1% 0%±100Lowest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 12.6%Highest MN: 9.3% 5.8%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.9%Highest MN: 72.2% 87.5%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1970Highest 9 yrs older than MN 1957Lowest 22 yrs older than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 25 minHighest 10% above MN 18 minLowest 21% below MN

Work from home 1.9%±1.8Lowest MN: 17.6% 8.8%±8.5Highest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 1%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 15.8 miLowest 17.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.60Highest 0.03Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Mankato (34%)Marshall (32%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Monroe TownshipFew work in Pemberton

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0%Lowest 0.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.0 miLowest 0.3 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 mi 0.0 mi

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 75.9Highest 1.5Lowest

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.

Pemberton vs Monroe Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they differ most

A typical home costs $550 more a month in Pemberton

What daily life feels like in each

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