Gordon TownshipMN
A town of 691.
Is Gordon Township a good place to live?
Gordon Township’s median age is 56.4 years, above both the Minnesota town median (39.9 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Among 274 Minnesota towns, just 4 have a lower share of adults with a bachelor’s degree than Gordon Township. The biggest park or preserve is Santer Wildlife Management Area, at 568 acres. Gordon Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
691 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to Gordon Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gordon 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 Gordon Township.
With only 0.0 jobs per working resident, most people in Gordon Township work out of town
Half commute less than 16 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Gordon Township dropped by 34, to 8. The town’s mean commuting time stands at 26 minutes. The income of the median household for Gordon Township comes to $69,000, where Minnesota’s towns sit at $90,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000.
| Gordon Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $69,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 6.9% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Gordon Township, mostly inland flooding
For Gordon Township, the FEMA hazard score is 69 of 100. 78% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Gordon Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2014.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Gordon Township
July afternoons reach 80°, January nights drop to 1° and about 54 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Gordon Township is
For adults in Gordon Township, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 29%. The town beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 14. Among adults locally, 29% feel lonely and 37% have high blood pressure.
| Gordon Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Gordon Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80% | 76.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.7% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 6.3% of Gordon Township
Gordon Township has 5 parks and preserves, 1,070 acres in all.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Santer Wildlife Management Area | — | 568 |
| 2. Owen-Hinz Wildlife Management Area | — | 326 |
| 3. Osakis Wildlife Management Area, North Unit | — | 115 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Gordon Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Gordon Township
About 6 of every 100 Gordon Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
100% of working residents leave Gordon Township for work
Where Gordon Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Gordon Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Gordon Township is a township in Todd County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 545 at the 2000 census and 659 in the 2020 census. Gordon Township was organized in 1869, and named for farmer J. M. Gordon, who was a member of the first board of Todd County Commissioners.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,339 ft
Questions about Gordon Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Gordon Township, MN a good place to live?
Gordon Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.