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Home to Oak Hills Christian College. 4,031 people live in this town, organized in 1896.
Overall, Bemidji Township earns a B−: better than 46% of U.S. towns, and 229th of 271 in Minnesota. A typical home there costs about $246K, 3.6 years of the Bemidji area’s $69K median household income. Its strongest subject is health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 58% of the country. Its other grades sit near the middle: B− for schools, B− for incomes, B− for walkability and C+ for hazard risk. This Minnesota town is home to Oak Hills Christian College. The town’s January low is -2°F, below both Minnesota’s towns (6°F) and U.S. towns (22°F). The biggest park or preserve is Bemidji Slough Wildlife Management Area, at 49 acres.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · home values, Zillow · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · schools, state test and graduation results · FEMA National Risk Index · NOAA normals, 1991–2020 · OpenStreetMap.
Where Bemidji Township beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Bemidji Township is from typical.
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Census counts: 2,183 in 1900, 14,574 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1909 and 2 maps from 1968 on.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bemidji 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Bemidji Township.
Bemidji Township has colder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Minnesota; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Minnesota (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 95% of Minnesota towns, with expected losses of about $242 per resident a year; that rating is what its C+ for hazard risk is built on.
Households in Bemidji Township have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2009. The town’s FEMA risk score is 79 of 100. Expected losses in Bemidji Township break down as 74% from inland flooding and 16% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The Bemidji Public School District runs its public schools. Its one school is below. Bemidji Township’s only public school teaches 300 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horace May ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–3 | Grades PK–3 | 300 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Bemidji Township has 430 jobs for its 1,487 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. Jobs based here fell from 791 in 2013 to 430.
For Bemidji Township, the average trip to work is 19 minutes. Most people who work leave Bemidji Township to do it: just 2% work in town. Employers in Bemidji Township shed 361 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 430. Half of commuters travel less than 5 miles.
| Bemidji Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
January nights average -2.4°, colder than in 98% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 78.7°.
About 49 inches of snow falls in a winter. For Bemidji Township, the January low is -2°F.
| Bemidji Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | -2°F | 6°F | 22°F |
| July high | 79°F | 82°F | 85°F |
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 6.1 miles of trail. The density of trails in Bemidji Township is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Bemidji Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.8% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bemidji Slough Wildlife Management Area | — | 49 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Within Minnesota it is less healthy than 75% of the 271 graded towns: Minnesota sets a high bar.
31% of adults have high blood pressure in Bemidji Township. Two figures for adults in the town: 27% have been diagnosed with depression, 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Bemidji Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Bemidji Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 8.9% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 8.8% | 7.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 14% | 11.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The age mix tracks Minnesota closely: no broad group is more than 4 points off. Population is up 38% in Bemidji Township since 2020, to 4,031 by the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. In Bemidji Township, 21% of residents are 65 or older. The bachelor’s-degree share among adults 25 and older is 40%, against 39% across Minnesota.
| Bemidji Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 33% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 17% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±2.9 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Bemidji Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.1% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 12.4% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.6% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.1% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.1% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.3% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.6% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.9% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.5% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.7% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.5% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.8% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,000, single groups can be off by several points
4 within 15 miles of the center of Bemidji Township
About 6 of every 100 Bemidji Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
Where Bemidji Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Minnesota, United States
Bemidji ( bə-MIJ-ee) is a city in and the county seat of Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 14,574 as of the 2020 census, and was estimated at 15,770 in 2025, making it the largest commercial center between Grand Forks, North Dakota and Duluth. As a central city for three Indian reservations, Bemidji is the site of many Native American services, including the Indian Health Service. Near Bemidji are the Red Lake Indian Reservation, White Earth Indian Reservation, and the Leech Lake Indian Reservation. Bemidji lies on the southwest shore of Lake Bemidji, the northernmost lake feeding the Mississippi River; it is nicknamed "The First City on the Mississippi". Bemidji…
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4 towns share a border with Bemidji Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bemidji Township | #229 | B− | B− | — | B− | B |
| Bemidji | #270 | D | C+ | D− | B− | B− |
| Grant Valley Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Frohn Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Helga Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | B |
Grant Valley Township, Frohn Township and Helga Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bemidji Township, Grant Valley Township, Frohn Township and Helga Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bemidji Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Bemidji Township grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #229 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades B for health and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.