Echo TownshipMN
A town of 131, platted in 1884.
Is Echo Township a good place to live?
Echo Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
131 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Echo Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Echo 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 Echo Township.
Most of Echo Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
The top destinations are Marshall (20%), Granite Falls (12%) and Minneota (7%). Echo Township’s typical household income comes in at $101,000. 11% of Echo Township residents live below the poverty line, above both the Minnesota town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Echo Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $101,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Echo Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Only 3 of the 275 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher peak summer temperature than Echo Township. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 6° and about 44 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Echo Township is
Just over three quarters of Echo Township adults had a checkup this year, against 75% in Minnesota’s towns and 79% across U.S. towns. CDC measures, 32 in all: Echo Township beats Minnesota on 1 and trails on 9. In Echo Township, 38% of adults have obesity.
| Echo Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 32% | 30% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 10% | 12% |
| What stands out | Echo Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.4% | 76.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 7.7% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Echo Township is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Echo Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2014. 30% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by heat waves at 30%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Echo Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Echo Township; the nearest are
About 0 of every 100 Echo Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
100% of working residents leave Echo Township for work
Where Echo Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Echo Township
City in Minnesota, United States
Echo is a city in Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 243 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,079 ft
- ZIP code
- 56237
- Area code
- 507
Questions about Echo Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Echo Township, MN a good place to live?
Echo Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.