Cascade TownshipMN
A town of 2,810, settled in 1867.
Is Cascade Township a good place to live?
Cascade Township grades B overall, 183rd of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Residents are healthier than 86% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates and the median household earns $150K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $507K, 5.5 years of the Rochester metro’s $92K median household income. Cascade Township’s median household income is $150,000, above both Minnesota’s towns ($90,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Cascade Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 82% of U.S. towns.
What makes Cascade Township stand out
Where Cascade Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Cascade Township for work
Where Cascade Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cascade Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Cascade Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Cascade Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Cascade 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 Cascade Township.
Cascade Township owes part of its health edge to its incomes, has household incomes well above the Minnesota norm and has added a third more jobs in ten years.
For health, Cascade Township earns an A
Against the 2,741 U.S. towns with household incomes like Cascade Township’s, it is less healthy than 58%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Among adults in Cascade Township, 9.2% have diabetes. 73% of adults in the town had a checkup this year; 10% report frequent physical distress.
| Cascade Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Cascade Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults with COPD | 4.6% | 5.4% |
| Fewer adults in fair or poor health | 13.8% | 16% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cascade Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally: a smaller share of its working residents work locally
Jobs based here grew from 614 in 2013 to 826.
The median commute is under 5 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Cascade Township rose by 212, to 826. Cascade Township: 20% of workers work from home. The top destinations are Rochester (78%), Minneapolis (2%) and St. Paul (1%).
| Cascade Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 18 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Cascade Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
For Cascade Township, the midsummer high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Cascade Township is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 58% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Cascade Township break down as 52% from inland flooding and 24% from cold waves. One flood insurance claim has been paid in the town since 1978.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Cascade Township keeps 0.4% of its land conserved
Cascade Township has 2 parks and preserves, 13 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Community Gardens | — | 7 |
| 2. Douglas State Trail | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Cascade Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Cascade Township
About 3 of every 100 Cascade Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Cascade Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Cascade Township is a township in Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,183 at the 2000 census. Cascade Township was organized in 1859, and named after Cascade Creek.
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- Area
- 18 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,037 ft
Cascade Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Cascade Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cascade Township | #183 | B | C | — | B− | A |
| Rochester | #188 | B | C+ | C+ | B− | A− |
| Kalmar Township | — | — | B | — | A+ | A |
| Oronoco Township | — | — | C | — | B− | A |
| Haverhill Township | — | — | C− | — | B− | A |
Kalmar Township, Oronoco Township and Haverhill Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Cascade Township, Kalmar Township, Oronoco Township and Haverhill Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Cascade Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Cascade Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cascade Township, MN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Cascade Township grades B overall, better than 63% of U.S. towns and #183 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A for health and B− for schools.
Is Cascade Township, MN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.