Grafton TownshipMN
A town of 212, settled in 1875.
Is Grafton Township a good place to live?
24% of residents are 65 or older in Grafton Township, against 18% in Minnesota’s towns and 18% across U.S. towns. Grafton Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
212 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Grafton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grafton 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 Grafton Township.
Most of Grafton Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
For Grafton Township, the average commute is 28 minutes. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Among residents in the town, 2.3% live below the poverty line, below both the Minnesota town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are Gaylord (9%), Hutchinson (9%) and New Ulm (9%).
| Grafton Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.3% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.1% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Grafton Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 82° in July, and January nights bottom out around 5°; snowfall runs to about 50 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grafton Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Grafton Township, 42% come from inland flooding and 13% from cold waves. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Grafton Township after 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Grafton Township is
Grafton Township: 28% of adults get no exercise outside work. Among 272 Minnesota towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who have obesity than Grafton Township.
| Grafton Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 23% | 25% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Grafton Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80% | 76.1% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.9% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Open space protected for good: 0.2% of Grafton Township
2.0 miles of trail. In Grafton Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile. Only 10 of the 273 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Grafton Township.
| Grafton Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Grafton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Grafton Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Grafton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
98% of working residents leave Grafton Township for work
Where Grafton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Grafton Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Grafton Township is a township in Sibley County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 259 at the 2000 census. Grafton Township was organized in 1873.
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- Area
- 39 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,070 ft
Questions about Grafton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grafton Township, MN a good place to live?
Grafton Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.