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%

Pine Lake Township$1,840/mo

Typical home $313K (Census) · tax rate 0.79% · Housing →

Wagner Township$1,770/mo

Typical home $307K (Census) · tax rate 0.64% · or rent about $1,156/mo · Housing →

The difference: $70 a month, about $900 a year, between Pine Lake Township and Wagner 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

Pine Lake TownshipWagner Township

Snow a year45″45″

January low-1°F -1°F

July high79°F 79°F

Growing season (days)130d 130d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)44th 49th

Outdoors & history

Pine Lake TownshipWagner Township

Trails—3 mi

Conserved land—1.9%

Community

Pine Lake TownshipWagner 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.

Everything, side by side

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Only big differences vs Minnesota average

Pine Lake TownshipWagner Township

People

Population 481Highest 448Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -0.5% MN: +7.6% —

Median age 59.4±0.7Highest 53% above MN 48.2±6.3Lowest 24% above MN

Kids under 18 11.4%±2.6Lowest MN: 22.9% 21.7%±6.3Highest MN: 22.9%

Age 65+ 34.9%±4.2Highest MN: 17.3% 22.8%±5.9Lowest MN: 17.3%

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 16.7%Lowest MN: 39.4% 20.4%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 0.2%±2.1Lowest MN: 5.8% 3.3%±2.7Highest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $62,697±$5kLowest 30% below MN $71,250±$34kHighest 20% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $312,500±$37kHighest 5% below MN $306,700±$28kLowest 7% below MN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly — $1,156±$52 10% below MN

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,465Highest 27% below MN $1,963Lowest 42% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent — 21.1%±77.1 MN: 48.1%

Below poverty line 12.7%Highest MN: 9.3% 5.6%Lowest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 93.7%Highest MN: 72.2% 87.1%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1985Highest 6 yrs newer than MN 1979Lowest same as MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 34 minLowest 48% above MN 43 minHighest 91% above MN

Work from home 12.1%±5.8Highest MN: 17.6% 7.1%±7.5Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 0.4%Lowest 1.4%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 24.8 miLowest 36.8 miHighest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.04Lowest 0.14Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Sandstone (13%)McGregor (19%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Wagner TownshipFew work in Pine Lake Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 1.8%Lowest 1.9%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.1 miLowest 2.5 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 0Lowest 1Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 1.5Highest 0.3Lowest

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.

Pine Lake Township vs Wagner Township

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