Town guide
Staples
A township of 597 people in Todd County, Minnesota
From your neighbors
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Coming up
Upcoming events
Nothing on the calendar yet
Add an event →Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.
Around town
All news →Local news
Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.
The Staples album
0 of 12 shotsNeighbors document Staples together
Outdoors in Staples
Parks & trails →Conserved land7.7%1,654 of 21,489 acres
Trails7.6 mi0.2 mi per sq mi
Parks & preserves2named on the map
Know a trail or park that’s missing? Anyone can add it to OpenStreetMap, and it shows up here on the next refresh.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About Staples
City in Minnesota, United States2,989Population
4.7 sq miArea
1,280 ftElevation
Staples is a city in Todd and Wadena counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 2,989 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Town numbers
ZIP code56479
Area code218
Living in Staples
Housing in Staples
$218K▲ 7.9% in a year Typical home value · Zillow
The typical Staples home is worth about $218,000, up 7.9% in a year, 38% below the Minnesota typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data CenterHousing market →
Health in Staples
Compared with Minnesota
1better than MN·17worse
of 32 measures CDC estimates. The other 14 are too close to call.
Conditions
9▼ 3 close
Habits
2▼ 2 close
Care
1▲ 1▼ 5 close
Mind
2▼ 3 close
Everyday needs
3▼ 1 close
BetterToo close to callWorse
What stands out
Care nearby
Lakewood Health SystemStaples · 5.5 mi · ER · rural critical access
Community Health Service Inc. - WillmarWillmar · 83.2 mi · sliding-scale fees
Primary careShortage · county-wide
DentalShortage · county-wide
Mental healthShortage · county-wide
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · ZIP code 56479 · CMS · HRSAHealth in Staples →
Where Staples is
Explore map →
Location map
Minnesota · MN · Todd CountyTown boundary on OpenStreetMap →
Around town
Explore map →Bordering towns
How things work in Staples
All explainers →No one has written Staples’s explainers yetKnow how one of these works here? Each explainer earns +10 karma.