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Minnesota›Mille Lacs County

Bogus Brook TownshipMN

A town of 1,535.

Is Bogus Brook Township a good place to live?

The best of Bogus Brook Township’s subject grades is an A− for incomes. Bogus Brook Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 23 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. No town among the 274 in Minnesota we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Bogus Brook Township. On the outdoors, just 31 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. Bogus Brook Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.

A commuter town

100% of working residents leave Bogus Brook Township for work

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

11% → Milaca Milaca 11% 10% → Princeton Princeton 10% 8% → St. Cloud St. Cloud 8% 5% → Elk River Elk River 5% 4% → Foley Foley 4% 2% → Foreston Foreston 2% Bogus Brook Township · 0% stay
64jobs based in Bogus Brook Township
0%of working residents work in town
26 mimedian commute distance

Census LEHD 2023

How Bogus Brook Township grades

Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Bogus Brook Township is from typical.

How grading works

Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.

How TownRatings grades towns →

Getting set up

Moving to Bogus Brook Township: who provides what

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

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PowerEast Central Energy17.6¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Bogus Brook Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsMilaca Public School DistrictPrinceton Public School District2 districts serve Bogus Brook 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 hereMille Lacs County CourthouseMille Lacs County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2023
ZIP codes56353, 5537156353 70% · 55371 30%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 Bogus Brook Township.

Work & commuteJobs & income grade A−

With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Bogus Brook Township’s workers commute out

Most working residents leave Bogus Brook Township for work: only 0% work in town. Bogus Brook Township’s median household income is $124,000, above both Minnesota’s towns ($90,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). 2.3% of Bogus Brook Township residents live below the poverty line.

0%work in town
Bogus Brook TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Median household income$124,000$90,000$80,000
Below the poverty line2.3%7%9.6%
Work from home9.4%14%11%

Where working residents work

In Bogus Brook Township0%
Milaca11%
Princeton10%
St. Cloud8%
Elk River5%
26 mi
median commute distance
64
jobs based in Bogus Brook Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
C
Walkability grade: more walkable than 35% of U.S. towns

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Bogus Brook Township

Bogus Brook Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Bogus Brook Township’s July high is 81°F.

49″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter7–25°
Spring32–54°
Summer57–79°
Fall36–56°
Oct 1
typical first frost
May 8
typical last frost
+1.8°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

HealthB

Bogus Brook Township is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns

Bogus Brook Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 19% of adults binge drink in Bogus Brook Township.

55%healthier than U.S. townsBHealth Grade
Bogus Brook TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Binge drink (CDC PLACES)19%18%16%
Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES)74%75%79%
Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES)17%14%14%
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)29%30%33%
32 measures vs. Minnesota
0 better25 too close to call7 worse
What stands outBogus Brook TownshipMN
More older adults who have lost all their teeth12.8%8.9%
More smokers16.7%13.1%
More adults with COPD6.7%5.4%
Fairview Northland Regional Hospital
9.5 mi away · emergency room
3 of 3
care shortages: primary care, dental, mental health

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

Natural hazardsHazard risk grade C+

Moderate risk in Bogus Brook Township, with inland flooding at the top

Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 55% of U.S. communities.

55risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
55Moderate riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesTornadoes
2
federal disasters paid out here

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

OutdoorsD

Conserved land covers 0.7% of Bogus Brook Township

2.9 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves. The trail density in Bogus Brook Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.

0.7%conserved
Bogus Brook TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Miles of trail per square mile0.1 miles per square mile0.50.4
Conserved land0.7%4.7%4.3%
0.7%
conserved · 166 of 23,050 acres
2.9 mi
of trails · 0.1 per sq mi

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

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Bogus Brook Township

17pages on Bogus Brook Township
After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Bogus Brook Township; the nearest are

About Bogus Brook Township

Township in Minnesota, United States

Bogus Brook Township is a township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,421 at the 2010 census. Bogus Brook Township was named for Bogus Brook creek.

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

Area
36 sq mi
Elevation
984 ft

Bogus Brook Township’s neighbors

4 towns share a border with Bogus Brook Township.

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How the neighbors grade
TownMN rankOverallCostSafetySchoolsHealth
Bogus Brook Township——B—BB
Dalbo Township——————
Milo Township——B−—BB−
Princeton Township——B−—BB+
Borgholm Township——C+—BB−

Bogus Brook Township, Milo Township, Princeton Township and Borgholm Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bogus Brook Township, Milo Township, Princeton Township and Borgholm Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Dalbo Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Bogus Brook Township with a neighbor →

Questions about Bogus Brook Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Bogus Brook Township, MN expensive?

Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B.