Arthur TownshipMN
A town of 1,856. 48% more nonprofits per person than the typical Minnesota town.
Is Arthur Township a good place to live?
Arthur Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for civic life and schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 41 of Minnesota’s 572 towns score lower on health. Ann River Logging Company Farm is on the National Register of Historic Places. Arthur Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Arthur Township stand out
Where Arthur Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Arthur Township for work
Where Arthur Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Arthur Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Arthur Township is from typical.
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Moving to Arthur Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Arthur Township, and how to reach them.
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 Arthur Township.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Arthur Township than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
0.8% of working residents work locally in Arthur Township, against 9.8% in Minnesota’s towns and 8% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Arthur Township has added 56 jobs, to 86 in 2023. The average trip to work in Arthur Township is 30 minutes.
| Arthur Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.8% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $72,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Arthur Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Arthur Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Arthur Township’s July high is 81°F, near the Minnesota town median (82°F) and below the median of U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Arthur Township are less healthy than 62% of U.S. towns
Arthur Township beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Arthur Township. Among 272 Minnesota towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Arthur Township.
| Arthur Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Arthur Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.8% | 76.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Arthur Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 1.7% of Arthur Township
3.4 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The biggest park or preserve is Tosher Creek Wildlife Management Area, at 322 acres. Arthur Township’s trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Arthur Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tosher Creek Wildlife Management Area | — | 322 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Arthur Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Arthur Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Arthur Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Arthur Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Arthur Township is a township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,905 at the 2000 census. Arthur Township was organized in 1883, and named for Chester A. Arthur, 21st President of the United States.
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- Area
- 31 sq mi
- Elevation
- 961 ft
Arthur Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Arthur Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | C+ |
| Mora | #192 | B | B | — | A− | C |
| Brunswick Township | — | — | B | — | B+ | C+ |
| Knife Lake Township | — | — | C | — | A− | C+ |
| Kanabec Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Comfort Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C+ |
Arthur Township, Brunswick Township, Knife Lake Township and Comfort Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Arthur Township, Mora, Brunswick Township, Knife Lake Township and Comfort Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Kanabec Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Arthur Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Arthur Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Arthur Township, MN a good place to live?
48% more nonprofits per person than the typical Minnesota town.
Is Arthur Township, MN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $233,000. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.