Fredenberg TownshipMN
A town of 1,426.
Is Fredenberg Township a good place to live?
Fredenberg Township’s best subject grades are an A for schools and incomes and an A− for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Among 275 Minnesota towns, just 5 have a lower July high than Fredenberg Township. The biggest place to walk is Gichigami Ziibi WMA, 621 acres with 1.3 miles of trail. Fredenberg Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 80% of U.S. towns. Fredenberg Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Fredenberg Township stand out
Where Fredenberg Township beats most towns.
1,426 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Fredenberg Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Fredenberg Township is from typical.
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Moving to Fredenberg Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Fredenberg 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 Fredenberg Township.
On CDC estimates, Fredenberg Township is healthier than 84% of U.S. towns
Fredenberg Township: 31% of adults have high blood pressure. 15% of adults report frequent mental distress in the town, below both Minnesota’s towns (16%) and U.S. towns (17%). Among adults here, 20% get no exercise outside work and 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Fredenberg Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Fredenberg Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 6.9% | 9.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More than half of Fredenberg Township’s working residents commute to Duluth
The middle household income in Fredenberg Township is $125,000. Most people who work leave Fredenberg Township to do it: just 2% work in town. Employers in Fredenberg Township shed 32 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 113. 2.7% of residents live below the poverty line in the town, below both the Minnesota town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%).
| Fredenberg Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $125,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Compared with most of Minnesota and the rest of the country, the median age in Fredenberg Township is higher
Among residents in Fredenberg Township, 20% are under 18. Adults 18 to 34 are nearly one in ten residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 25% of residents (17% statewide). 43% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 39% across Minnesota.
| Fredenberg Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.4 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 33% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.8 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Fredenberg Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.5% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.8% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 13.9% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.2% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 18.7% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.7% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 18.6% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 24.8% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.8% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 24.2% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 18.4% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,400, single groups can be off by several points
The climate in Fredenberg Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 78° in July, and January nights bottom out around -2°; snowfall runs to about 90 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fredenberg Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Federal aid has come to Fredenberg Township households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2012. On expected storm and flood damage, Fredenberg Township sits below 63% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 82% come from inland flooding. Since 2022, Fredenberg Township has seen 2 flood insurance claims paid out.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
0.9% of the land in Fredenberg Township is protected from building
Walkers can cover 18 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. Fredenberg Township’s density of trails comes in at 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Fredenberg Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Gichigami Ziibi WMA | 1.3 mi | 621 |
| 2. Cloquet Valley State Forest | — | 11 |
| 3. Fredenberg Community Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Lake Superior Railroad Museum and 9 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Fredenberg Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi MuseumLake Superior Railroad Museum
15 mi Zoo & aquariumGreat Lakes Aquarium
38 mi State parkGooseberry Falls State Park
15 mi MuseumDuluth Depot18 mi Zoo & aquariumLake Superior Zoo
19 mi MuseumFairlawn MansionPhoto credits
Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Duluth Depot: Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain · Fairlawn Mansion: Nfarmakes, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Fredenberg Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Fredenberg Township
About 5 of every 100 Fredenberg Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
98% of working residents leave Fredenberg Township for work
Where Fredenberg Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Fredenberg Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Fredenberg Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,431 at the 2020 census. Lavaque Road (County Road 48) serves as a main route in the township. Other routes include Fish Lake Road, Beaver River Road, and Taft Road.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,348 ft
Questions about Fredenberg Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Fredenberg 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+.