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%

Windemere Township$1,850/mo

Typical home $313K (Census) · tax rate 0.82% · or rent about $1,216/mo · Housing →

Shingobee Township$1,840/mo

Typical home $325K (Census) · tax rate 0.52% · or rent about $1,403/mo · Housing →

Within $50 a month of each other.

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.

Health

C+Windemere TownshipHealthier than 45% of U.S. towns B−Shingobee TownshipHealthier than 47% 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

Windemere TownshipShingobee Township

Snow a year64″48″

January low-0°F -2°F

July high78°F 80°F

Growing season (days)129d 144d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)48th 10th

Outdoors & history

Windemere TownshipShingobee Township

Trails23 mi 57 mi

Conserved land10.6%38.3%

Settled1882 —

National Register places—1

Community

Windemere TownshipShingobee 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

101 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

Windemere TownshipPine County Shingobee TownshipCass County

Windemere Township ↔ Shingobee Township101 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

Windemere TownshipShingobee Township

People

Population 1,702Highest 1,455Lowest

Growth since 20102010 → 2020 census -5.3%Lowest MN: +7.6% +9.7%Highest MN: +7.6%

Median age 54.6±2.3Highest 41% above MN 54.3±6.1Lowest 40% above MN

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

Kids under 18 16.4%±3.3Lowest MN: 22.9% 17.9%±3.7Highest MN: 22.9%

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

Age 65+ 30.1%±3.1Lowest MN: 17.3% 31.9%±6.1Highest MN: 17.3%

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

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 27.9%Lowest MN: 39.4% 30.2%Highest MN: 39.4%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.5%±1.1Highest MN: 5.8% 1.4%±1.1Lowest MN: 5.8%

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

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $85,982±$7kHighest 3% below MN $75,000±$22kLowest 16% below MN

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

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $312,900±$32kLowest 5% below MN $324,800±$33kHighest about the MN average

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

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,216±$524Lowest 5% below MN $1,403±$344Highest 10% above MN

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

Property taxmedian, yearly $2,571Highest 23% below MN $1,699Lowest 49% below MN

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 27.3%±40.1Lowest MN: 48.1% 68.6%±7.7Highest MN: 48.1%

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

Below poverty line 7.8%Lowest MN: 9.3% 10.6%Highest MN: 9.3%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89.9%Highest MN: 72.2% 89.7%Lowest MN: 72.2%

Typical home builtmedian year 1987Lowest 8 yrs newer than MN 1993Highest 14 yrs newer than MN

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 26 minHighest 14% above MN 22 minLowest 4% below MN

Work from home 13.6%±2.6Highest MN: 17.6% 13.2%±4.4Lowest MN: 17.6%

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

Work in townworking residents 3.2%Lowest 17.2%Highest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 29.3 miHighest 16.3 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 0.28Lowest 1.73Highest

Top workplaceoutside town Moose Lake (16%)Walker (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Shingobee TownshipFew work in Windemere Township

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 10.6%Lowest 38.3%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 22.6 miLowest 57.4 miHighest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 0.6 miLowest 0.8 miHighest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 7Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 3.7Highest 2.6Lowest

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.

Windemere Township vs Shingobee Township

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs about the same each month

Grades and rankings, side by side

What daily life feels like in each

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