Crow Wing TownshipMN
A town of 2,194, settled in 1856.
Is Crow Wing Township a good place to live?
The best of Crow Wing Township’s subject grades are an A− for incomes and the outdoors; the weakest is a C− for hazard risk. On hazard risk, just 45 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 77% of U.S. towns. 18% of the land in Crow Wing Township is conserved, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 4.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. The biggest park or preserve is Ray Cook Wildlife Management Area, at 127 acres. Crow Wing Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Crow Wing Township for work
Where Crow Wing Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Crow Wing Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Crow Wing Township is from typical.
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Moving to Crow Wing Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Crow Wing 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 Crow Wing Township.
About one in three of Crow Wing Township’s working residents commute to Brainerd
Most working residents leave Crow Wing Township for work: only 2% work in town. 3.4% of Crow Wing Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Minnesota’s towns (7%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Crow Wing Township has added 499 jobs, to 671 in 2023.
| Crow Wing Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 5.4% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 3.4% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Crow Wing Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 17.6% of Crow Wing Township
12 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Linn Park | 0.3 mi | 6 |
| 2. Ray Cook Wildlife Management Area | — | 127 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Crow Wing Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Crow Wing Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Crow Wing Township’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Residents of Crow Wing Township are healthier than 60% of U.S. towns
Crow Wing Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 28% of Crow Wing Township adults feel lonely.
| Crow Wing Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Crow Wing Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.5% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| More smokers | 16.2% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Mille Lacs Lake and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Crow Wing Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi LakeMille Lacs Lake11 mi Theme parkPaul Bunyan Land
19 mi AttractionKenney Lake Overlook
24 mi MuseumMille Lacs Indian Museum6 mi GardenNorthland ArboretumPhoto credits
Mille Lacs Lake: Dougtone, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kenney Lake Overlook: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mille Lacs Indian Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Crow Wing Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Crow Wing Township
About 4 of every 100 Crow Wing Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Crow Wing Township
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Crow Wing is an unincorporated community in Crow Wing Township, Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States, south of Brainerd and Baxter. It is along State Highway 371 (MN 371) near 50th Avenue SW and 85th Street. Crow Wing is three miles northeast of Crow Wing State Park and the former town of Old Crow Wing.
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- Elevation
- 1,194 ft
Crow Wing Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Crow Wing Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crow Wing Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B |
| Baxter | #245 | C+ | C− | C | B+ | B+ |
| St. Mathias Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Brainerd | #238 | C+ | B+ | C− | B+ | B− |
| Fort Ripley Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Long Lake Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B |
Crow Wing Township, Fort Ripley Township and Long Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Crow Wing Township, Fort Ripley Township and Long Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. St. Mathias Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Crow Wing Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Crow Wing Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Crow Wing 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+.