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%

Silver Creek Township$2,670/mo

Typical home $453K (Census) · tax rate 0.78% · or rent about $1,146/mo · Housing →

Becker$2,340/mo

Typical home $382K (Zillow) · tax rate 1.06% · or rent about $889/mo · Housing →

The difference: $320 a month, about $3,900 a year, between Silver Creek Township and Becker.

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.

Where they are

Silver Creek Township and Becker share a border

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Silver Creek TownshipBecker

Silver Creek Township ↔ Becker5.1 miles apart · They share a border

Report cards

Becker places higher on 10 of 19 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.

Safety

–Silver Creek TownshipNot graded A−BeckerSafer than 81% of U.S. towns

Schools

–Silver Creek TownshipNot graded ABeckerBetter than 85% of districts in the state

Health

B+Silver Creek TownshipHealthier than 73% of U.S. towns A−BeckerHealthier than 76% of U.S. towns

6Silver Creek Township

10Becker

Lists won, of 19 where both are ranked. Ties go to nobody.

Highest graduation rateSchools · 238 towns #137#5 Most trailsOutdoors · 223 towns #156#42 Most affordableCost of living · 275 towns #236#98 Most conserved landOutdoors · 268 towns #70#203 Most remote workersWork · 272 towns #29#162 Highest incomeIncome · 275 towns #75#154 Most educatedPeople · 275 towns #165#240 Cheapest rentCost of living · 257 towns #120#50

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

Silver Creek TownshipBecker

Snow a year40″49″

January low3°F 4°F

July high81°F 81°F

Growing season (days)163d 144d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)63rd 45th

Outdoors & history

Silver Creek TownshipBecker

Trails14 mi 13 mi

Conserved land9%2.2%

Settled—1867

National Register places—1

Famous people born here—4

Community

Silver Creek TownshipBecker

Library hours a week—32 hrs

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.

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

Silver Creek TownshipBecker

People

Population 2,582Lowest 5,034Highest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census +9.6%Highest MN: +7.6% +7.5%Lowest MN: +7.6%

Median age 41.3±4.5Highest 6% above MN 34.2±4.2Lowest 12% below MN

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

Kids under 18 27.3%±6.1Lowest MN: 22.9% 29.5%±5.5Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 19.7%±3.4Highest MN: 17.3% 14.7%±4.2Lowest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 30.5%Highest MN: 39.4% 19.9%Lowest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 2.6%±1.5Highest MN: 5.8% 1.8%±1.2Lowest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $115,872±$10kHighest 30% above MN $86,094±$16kLowest 3% below MN

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $452,600±$29kHighest 37% above MN $271,300±$19kLowest 18% below MN

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,146±$431Highest 10% below MN $889±$202Lowest 31% below MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,510Highest 5% above MN $2,872Lowest 14% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 35.3%±92.4Lowest MN: 48.1% 53.9%±23.8Highest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 5%Lowest MN: 9.3% 9.5%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 97.8%Highest MN: 72.2% 79.3%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1981Lowest 2 yrs newer than MN 1997Highest 18 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 36% above MN 27 minLowest 19% above MN

Work from home 26.9%±8.7Highest MN: 17.6% 12.1%±4.2Lowest MN: 17.6%

Work in townworking residents 3.1%Lowest 11.7%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 20.3 miHighest 19.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.24Lowest 0.88Highest

Top workplaceoutside town St. Cloud (11%)St. Cloud (9%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in BeckerFew work in Silver Creek Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 9%Highest 2.2%Lowest

Trailsmapped miles 14.2 miHighest 13.3 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.4 miLowest 1.1 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 4Lowest 8Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.0Lowest 18.5Highest

Schools

Public school scoresrank in state, math + reading —#83 of 230 in MN

School district —BECKER PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT

High school in town —Becker Senior High

Students per teacherat that high school — 18.6

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.

Silver Creek Township vs Becker

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $320 more a month in Silver Creek Township

Silver Creek Township and Becker share a border

Becker places higher on 10 of 19 MN lists

What daily life feels like in each

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