Frohn TownshipMN
A town of 1,582.
Is Frohn Township a good place to live?
Frohn Township’s best subject grade is a B+ for civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 56 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score lower on the outdoors. Frohn Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
99% of working residents leave Frohn Township for work
Where Frohn Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Frohn Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Frohn Township is from typical.
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Moving to Frohn Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Frohn 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 Frohn Township.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Frohn Township than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
Just over one in ten residents live below the poverty line in Frohn Township, against 7% in Minnesota’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Bemidji (53%), Cass Lake (3%) and Bemidji Township (3%). Half of commuters travel less than 9 miles.
| Frohn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.6% | 9.8% | 8% |
| 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
Fewer young adults than Minnesota overall
In Frohn Township, a quarter of residents are 65 or older, and on top of that the town’s median age is 47.3 years, above both Minnesota’s towns (39.9 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). It has grown 4.9% since 2020, to 1,582 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. A bachelor’s degree or higher: 32% of adults 25 and older, vs 39% across Minnesota.
| Frohn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 47.3 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±5.1 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Frohn Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.2% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.9% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.2% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 16% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.6% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.3% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.8% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.6% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.6% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.3% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 14.5% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 11.5% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
Frohn Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The typical July afternoon high is 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Frohn Township is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Households in Frohn Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2009. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 63% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 60% come from inland flooding and 21% from cold waves.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
On CDC estimates, Frohn Township is healthier than 58% of U.S. towns
The share of adults in Frohn Township who smoke cigarettes: 16%. Among adults in the town, 27% have been diagnosed with depression and 31% sleep under 7 hours.
| Frohn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 25% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Frohn Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 8.9% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 8.8% | 7.1% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 14% | 11.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 2.1% of Frohn Township
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 3.4 miles. Frohn Township’s trail network density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves in the town: one, of 6 acres.
| Frohn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chippewa National Forest | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Frohn Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Frohn Township
About 2 of every 100 Frohn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Frohn Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Frohn Township is a township in Beltrami County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,537 as of the 2020 census. Frohn Township was named after Fron, Norway, the homeland of a large share of the early settlers.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,332 ft
Frohn Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Frohn Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frohn Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Ten Lake Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | D |
| Bemidji Township | #229 | B− | B− | — | B− | B |
| Farden Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Bemidji | #270 | D | C+ | D− | B− | B− |
| Turtle River Township | — | — | C | — | B− | B |
| Northern Township | #248 | C+ | C | — | B− | B |
Frohn Township, Ten Lake Township, Farden Township and Turtle River Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Frohn Township, Ten Lake Township, Bemidji Township, Farden Township, Turtle River Township and Northern Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Frohn Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Frohn Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Frohn 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+.