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Minnesota›Clay County

Alliance TownshipMN

A town of 202.

Is Alliance Township a good place to live?

Alliance Township’s median rent is $875 a month, below both Minnesota’s towns ($1,196 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). Alliance Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

202 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
Holy Cross TownshipBarnesville TownshipElmwood TownshipHoly Cross TownshipBarnesville TownshipElmwood TownshipAlliance Township
Getting set up

Moving to Alliance Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Alliance Township, and how to reach them.

The full setup list →
PowerRed River Valley Coop Pwr AssnEIAHIFLD · EIA
Internet4 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Alliance Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsBarnesville Public School DistrictMoorhead Public School District2 districts serve Alliance Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Minnesota you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections hereClay County CourthouseClay County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Aug 2024
ZIP codes56580, 56514, 5656056580 69% · 56514 27% · 56560 4%Census 2020

EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

The data

Ordered by what stands out in Alliance Township.

Natural hazards

Alliance Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally, with the FEMA risk score higher than most

Alliance Township’s FEMA risk score is 84 of 100, above both the Minnesota town median (40 of 100) and the median of U.S. towns (44 of 100).

84risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
84Very high riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold waves
7
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Work & commute

About half of Alliance Township’s working residents commute to Fargo

Most working residents leave Alliance Township for work: only 0% work in town. Jobs based in Alliance Township grew to 68 in 2023, 64 more than in 2013. Alliance Township’s average trip to work is 27 minutes.

0%work in town
Alliance TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work27 minutes23 minutes25 minutes
Median household income$99,000$90,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Alliance Township0%
Fargo47%
Moorhead17%
West Fargo14%
Dilworth3%
17 mi
median commute distance
68
jobs based in Alliance Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

In Alliance Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers

Alliance Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 0° and about 53 inches of snow falls in a winter.

53″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter4–22°
Spring32–53°
Summer57–80°
Fall35–55°
Oct 3
typical first frost
May 5
typical last frost
+1.5°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Health

How healthy Alliance Township is

Alliance Township tracks Minnesota closely on all 32 CDC measures. 20% of adults binge drink in Alliance Township.

Alliance TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)20%18%16%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)74%75%79%
Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES)11%12%14%
Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES)14%16%19%
32 measures vs. Minnesota
0 better32 too close to call0 worse
Essentia Health
13.6 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Outdoors

Conserved land covers 0.3% of Alliance Township

2.7 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Alliance Township is 0.1 miles per square mile. Only 10 of the 273 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Alliance Township.

0.3%conserved
Alliance TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.1 miles per square mile0.50.4
Conserved land0.3%4.7%4.3%
0.3%
conserved · 70 of 23,074 acres
2.7 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Nearby attractions

Fargodome and 7 more within 40 miles

Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Alliance Township. Close and well known come first.

All 8 attractions →
Sources: National Park Service · ski areas © OpenSkiMap / OpenStreetMap contributors · Wikidata · Wikipedia readership · photos via Wikimedia Commons
Photo credits

Fargodome: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Plains Art Museum: AJ LEON, CC BY 2.0 · Red River Zoo: BrielleMary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fargo Air Museum: Fargo-Moorhead CVB, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Bonanzaville, USA: Fargo-Moorhead CVB, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rourke Art Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Alliance Township

16pages on Alliance Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

1 within 15 miles of the center of Alliance Township

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Alliance Township for work

Where Alliance Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.

47% → Fargo Fargo 47% 17% → Moorhead Moorhead 17% 14% → West Fargo West Fargo 14% 3% → Dilworth Dilworth 3% 3% → Stanley Township Stanley Township 3% 2% → New Ulm New Ulm 2% Alliance Township · 0% stay
68jobs based in Alliance Township
0%of working residents work in town
17 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

About Alliance Township

Township in Minnesota, United States

Alliance Township is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
36 sq mi
Elevation
935 ft

Questions about Alliance Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Alliance Township, MN a good place to live?

Alliance Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.