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A town of 4,958.
Chisago Lake Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 103rd among Minnesota's 271 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $133K. It also does better than most on schools: its public schools beat 80% of Minnesota towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $438K, 4.4 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Only 3 of the 273 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Chisago Lake Township. Moody Barn is on the National Register of Historic Places. Among 273 Minnesota towns, just 4 have a higher share of households owning their home than Chisago Lake Township.
Where Chisago Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Chisago Lake Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 347 in 1860, 4,656 in 2010. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1915 and 2 maps from 1955 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Chisago Lake 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 Chisago Lake Township.
Chisago Lake Township sends most of its workers to Minneapolis and beyond, owes part of its health edge to its incomes and gets more snow than most of the country, though not than most of Minnesota.
Against the 4,236 U.S. towns with household incomes like Chisago Lake Township’s, it is less healthy than 68%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
Chisago Lake Township beats the Minnesota average on 4 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 27% of adults feel lonely in Chisago Lake Township, below both the Minnesota town median (30%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). 15% of Chisago Lake Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Chisago Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Chisago Lake Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.3% | 11.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.2% | 7.5% |
| More adults with arthritis | 26.5% | 22.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Chisago Lake Township has 317 jobs for its 2,446 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 30.1 minutes, against 22.7 across Minnesota.
Most working residents leave Chisago Lake Township for work: only 1% work in town. 24% of workers work from home in Chisago Lake Township, above both Minnesota’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (11%). Chisago Lake Township’s average trip to work is 30 minutes.
| Chisago Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 24% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $133,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.9% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The St Croix Falls weather station, 7 miles away, records that 43 inches of snow fall in a normal winter: more than most of the country, but less than 76% of Minnesota places with climate records.
Chisago Lake Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Chisago Lake Township is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 35 to 64 are 45% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (22% statewide). Chisago Lake Township has grown 2.8% since 2020, to 4,958 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 30% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 39% across Minnesota.
| Chisago Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 45.2 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 16% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Chisago Lake Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.2% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.4% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.5% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.1% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 18.6% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.7% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.7% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4.2% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.5% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.9% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 18.6% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.1% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 5,000, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Chisago Lake Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2.9 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Sunrise Lake AMA, at 103 acres.
| Chisago Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mattson Lake Park | 0.3 mi | 3 |
| 2. Sunrise Lake AMA | — | 103 |
| 3. Allemansrätt Park | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Chisago Lake Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
39 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
36 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
37 mi Stadium & arenaAllianz Field
36 mi MuseumMinnesota State CapitolU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Allianz Field: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0 · Minnesota State Capitol: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Chisago Lake Township
About 7 of every 100 Chisago Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
Township in Minnesota, United States
Chisago Lake Township is a township in Chisago County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,656 at the 2010 census, up from 3,276 in 2000.
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10 towns share a border with Chisago Lake Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chisago Lake Township | #103 | A− | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Chisago City | #140 | A− | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Center City | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lindstrom | #53 | A | B | — | A− | A− |
| Franconia Township | — | — | C | — | A− | A− |
| Sunrise Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | B+ |
| Shafer Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scandia | #152 | B+ | C+ | — | B | A− |
Franconia Township and Sunrise Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Chisago Lake Township, Chisago City, Lindstrom, Franconia Township, Sunrise Township and Scandia report no FBI crime data of their own. Center City and Shafer Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Chisago Lake Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Chisago Lake Township grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #103 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A− for health and A− for schools.
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−.
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