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%

Rockford Township$2,430/mo

Typical home $405K (Census) · tax rate 0.92% · or rent about $1,359/mo · Housing →

Watab Township$1,900/mo

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

The difference: $540 a month, about $6,400 a year, between Rockford 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 10 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.

Health

A−Rockford TownshipHealthier than 78% of U.S. towns B+Watab TownshipHealthier than 72% of U.S. towns

5Rockford Township

10Watab Township

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

Shortest commuteGetting around · 275 towns #269#127 Lowest obesityHealth · 273 towns #138#252 Most remote workersWork · 272 towns #100#207 Lowest property taxCost of living · 275 towns #180#83 Cheapest rentCost of living · 257 towns #157#71 Highest graduation rateSchools · 238 towns #66#144 Closest to a top hospitalHealth · 275 towns #189#105 Fewest smokersHealth · 273 towns #86#167

Left end = #1 in Minnesota. Showing the lists where the towns are furthest apart. All of Rockford 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

Rockford TownshipWatab Township

Snow a year45″48″

January low—3°F

July high—82°F

Growing season (days)—144d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)79th 82nd

Outdoors & history

Rockford TownshipWatab Township

Trails0 mi 5 mi

Conserved land0.7%3.3%

Settled1856 —

Archive photos12 —

Community

Rockford 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

43 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Rockford TownshipWright County Watab TownshipBenton County

Rockford Township ↔ Watab Township43 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

Rockford TownshipWatab Township

People

Population 3,407Lowest 3,433Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +5.5%Lowest MN: +7.6% +10%Highest MN: +7.6%

Median age 43.3±7.8Lowest 12% above MN 44.2±2.6Highest 14% above MN

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

Kids under 18 29.4%±7.2Highest MN: 22.9% 25.9%±5.3Lowest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 17.8%±4.5Highest MN: 17.3% 12.6%±3.4Lowest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.5%Lowest MN: 39.4% 28%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.4%±1.8Highest MN: 5.8% 2.1%±1.6Lowest MN: 5.8%

Rockford 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 $93,378±$31kLowest 5% above MN $99,018±$30kHighest 11% above MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $404,900±$46kHighest 23% above MN $318,200±$48kLowest 3% below MN

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,359±$50Highest 6% above MN $959±$604Lowest 25% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,723Highest 11% above MN $2,736Lowest 18% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 4.9%±12.8Lowest MN: 48.1% 50.8%±41.4Highest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 0.9%Lowest MN: 9.3% 6.6%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 88.6%Lowest MN: 72.2% 95.3%Highest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1978Lowest 1 yr older than MN 1988Highest 9 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 35 minHighest 53% above MN 23 minLowest about the MN average

Work from home 17.6%±6Highest MN: 17.6% 8.5%±3.9Lowest MN: 17.6%

Rockford 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 2.3% 2.3%

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 18.8 miHighest 10.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.40Highest 0.32Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Plymouth (9%)St. Cloud (33%)

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

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 0.7%Lowest 3.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 0.2 miLowest 4.7 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.0 miLowest 0.2 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 2Highest 1Lowest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 4.0Lowest 6.7Highest

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.

Rockford Township vs Watab Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $540 more a month in Rockford Township

Watab Township places higher on 10 of 18 MN lists

What daily life feels like in each

43 miles apart

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