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%

Pike Bay Township$890/mo

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

Mapleton$1,600/mo

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

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

Schools

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

Health

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

Pike Bay TownshipMapleton

Snow a year49″47″

January low-4°F 6°F

July high79°F 82°F

Growing season (days)131d 166d

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

Outdoors & history

Pike Bay TownshipMapleton

Trails16 mi 0 mi

Conserved land11.9%0%

National Register places—3

Community

Pike Bay TownshipMapleton

Library hours a week—26 hrs

Colleges in town1 —

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.

Pike Bay TownshipCass County MapletonMN

Pike Bay Township ↔ Mapleton239 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

Pike Bay TownshipMapleton

People

Population 1,811Highest 1,728Lowest

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

Median age 29±1.6Lowest 25% below MN 32.1±3.8Highest 17% 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 36.2%±3.4Highest MN: 22.9% 30.7%±4.4Lowest 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+ 13.9%±2Lowest MN: 17.3% 15.2%±3.1Highest 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+ 18.9%Lowest MN: 39.4% 26.4%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 3.1%±1.9Highest MN: 5.8% 2.9%±1.3Lowest 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 $72,750±$19kLowest 18% below MN $80,909±$12kHighest 9% 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 $151,000±$36kLowest 54% below MN $181,900±$21kHighest 45% 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 $725±$231Lowest 43% below MN $782±$66Highest 39% 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 $1,165Lowest 65% below MN $2,369Highest 29% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 33%±18.5Lowest MN: 48.1% 50.4%±19.3Highest 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 22.9%Highest MN: 9.3% 13.4%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

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

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

Getting to work

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

Work from home 5.8%±3Lowest MN: 17.6% 6.5%±2.5Highest 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 18.6%Highest 12.6%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miLowest 17.3 miHighest

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

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

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in MapletonFew work in Pike Bay Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 11.9%Highest 0%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 16.1 miHighest 0.2 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.5 miHighest 0.1 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Lowest 3Highest

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

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

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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.

Pike Bay Township vs Mapleton

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

239 miles apart

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