Grass Lake TownshipMN
A town of 1,017, settled in 1878.
Is Grass Lake Township a good place to live?
Grass Lake Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and a B for civic life; its weakest is a D− for walkability. Only 52 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is Rice Creek Wildlife Management Area, at 611 acres. Grass Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
1,017 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Grass Lake Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Grass Lake Township is from typical.
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Moving to Grass Lake Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Grass Lake 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 Grass Lake Township.
Compared with most of Minnesota and the rest of the country, the average trip to work in Grass Lake Township is longer
Jobs based in Grass Lake Township grew to 44 in 2023, 23 more than in 2013. Of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Grass Lake Township. The top destinations are Mora (21%), Cambridge (11%) and Rush City (3%). For half of commuters, work is under 20 miles away.
| Grass Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 42 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.5% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Grass Lake Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 81° and January nights of 3°, with about 52 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Grass Lake Township faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Grass Lake Township than in three fifths of U.S. communities. Since 2001, Grass Lake Township has seen 6 flood insurance claims paid out. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 54% come from inland flooding and 23% from cold waves.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Health in Grass Lake Township trails 55% of U.S. towns
27% of Grass Lake Township adults get no exercise outside work, against 23% in Minnesota’s towns and 25% across U.S. towns. For adults in the town, the share who smoke cigarettes is 18%. In Grass Lake Township, nearly three quarters of adults had a checkup this year, and 33% sleep under 7 hours.
| Grass Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 36% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| What stands out | Grass Lake Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 18.2% | 13.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 5.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.6% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Conserved land covers 3.5% of Grass Lake Township
Across 3 parks and preserves: 0.8 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Rice Creek Wildlife Management Area | — | 611 |
| 2. Joseph O'Brien Wildlife Management Area | — | 66 |
| 3. Wire Tree Wildlife Management Area | — | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Grass Lake Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Grass Lake Township
About 2 of every 100 Grass Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Grass Lake Township for work
Where Grass Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Grass Lake Township
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Grass Lake is an unincorporated community in Grass Lake Township, Kanabec County, Minnesota, United States.
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- Elevation
- 971 ft
Questions about Grass Lake Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Grass Lake Township, MN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.