Comfort TownshipMN
A town of 1,264.
Is Comfort Township a good place to live?
The best of Comfort Township’s subject grades is an A− for schools; the weakest is a D for walkability. On health, just 37 of Minnesota’s 572 towns do worse. On the outdoors, just 29 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. Comfort Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,264 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Comfort Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Comfort Township is from typical.
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Moving to Comfort Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Comfort 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 Comfort Township.
The average trip to work in Comfort Township is longer than in the typical Minnesota or U.S. town
At 33 minutes, Comfort Township’s average trip to work is above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Jobs based in Comfort Township grew to 89 in 2023, 41 more than in 2013. 1.5% of Comfort Township working residents work locally.
| Comfort Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $91,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Comfort Township
Comfort Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. At 81°F, Comfort Township’s July high is close to Minnesota’s towns (82°F) and below U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Comfort Township is less healthy than 63% of U.S. towns
Comfort Township beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 18% of adults smoke cigarettes in Comfort Township. Only 9 of the 272 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Comfort Township.
| Comfort Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Comfort 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 Comfort Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Comfort Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Comfort Township
About 1 of every 100 Comfort Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Comfort Township has grown 17% since 2010
1,078 counted in 2010 and 1,207 in 2020; an estimated 1,264 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
About Comfort Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Comfort Township is a township in Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 931 at the 2000 census. Comfort Township was named for an early settler. In 1926 a historic Golf Course was built and is maintained to prestine condition still to the present date.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,010 ft
Questions about Comfort Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Comfort 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 B−.