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Grove Park-Tilden TownshipMN

It is a town of 248 residents in Minnesota.

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Photo: Andrew Filer · CC BY-SA 3.0
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Is Grove Park-Tilden Township a good place to live?

Grove Park-Tilden Township’s age of the median resident is 60.6 years, above both the Minnesota town median (39.9 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). 54% of the land in Grove Park-Tilden Township is conserved, against 4.7% in Minnesota’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge, 16,334 acres with 10.5 miles of trail. Grove Park-Tilden Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.

Small town

248 people, and everyone knows the way

In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.

Nearby towns
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Getting set up

Moving to Grove Park-Tilden Township: who provides what

Who provides power, water and the rest in Grove Park-Tilden Township, and how to reach them.

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PowerWild Rice Electric Coop14.7¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
Internet2 providers100% of addresses get 100/20 MbpsFCC
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Grove Park-Tilden Township’s trash rules yet
SchoolsFertile-Beltrami School DistrictWin-E-Mac School District2 districts serve Grove Park-Tilden Township; which school depends on your address and gradeNCES
Register to voteOnlineIn Minnesota you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before).vote.gov
Who runs elections herePolk County Taxpayer Service CenterPolk County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Jun 2025
ZIP code5673656736 100%Census 2020

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 Grove Park-Tilden Township.

Outdoors

Grove Park-Tilden Township keeps nearly a third of its land conserved

23 miles of trail in 8 parks and preserves. Parks and preserves in Grove Park-Tilden Township: 8, covering 20,714 acres. For Grove Park-Tilden Township, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.

54.4%conserved
54.4%
conserved · 24,211 of 44,481 acres
23 mi
of trails · 0.3 per sq mi
Biggest places to walkTrailsAcres
1. Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge10.5 mi16,334
2. Mentor Prairie Wildlife Management Area1 mi2,132
3. Pembina Trail SNA1 mi955

Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US

Work & commute

Most of Grove Park-Tilden Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them

The top destinations are Crookston (12%), Thief River Falls (10%) and McIntosh (8%). In Grove Park-Tilden Township, 5.2% of residents live below the poverty line. For half of commuters, work is under 21 miles away. The median household income for Grove Park-Tilden Township comes to $98,000.

0%work in town
Grove Park-Tilden TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Average trip to work27 minutes23 minutes25 minutes
Below the poverty line5.2%7%9.6%
Median household income$98,000$90,000$80,000

Where working residents work

In Grove Park-Tilden Township0%
Crookston12%
Thief River Falls10%
McIntosh8%
Fertile8%
21 mi
median commute distance
15
jobs based in Grove Park-Tilden Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents

Census LEHD 2023 · ACS

Climate

Grove Park-Tilden Township: snowy winters and pleasant summers

Expect July afternoons of 80° and January nights of -2°, with about 50 inches of snow a winter.

50″snow a winter

Typical low → high °F

Winter2–19°
Spring29–51°
Summer55–78°
Fall34–53°
Sep 30
typical first frost
May 9
typical last frost
+1.4°
vs. the 20th-century average

NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020

Natural hazards

High risk in Grove Park-Tilden Township, with inland flooding at the top

FEMA expects more storm and flood damage in Grove Park-Tilden Township than in 64% of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Grove Park-Tilden Township break down as 44% from inland flooding and 27% from cold waves.

64risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
64High riskLowerHigher
Inland floodingCold wavesDrought

FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA

Health

Grove Park-Tilden Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally, with more of its adults who have diabetes

Among adults in Grove Park-Tilden Township, 14% report frequent mental distress. Only one of the 272 Minnesota towns we compare has a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Grove Park-Tilden Township. CDC measures, 32 in all: Grove Park-Tilden Township beats Minnesota on 4 and trails on 13.

Grove Park-Tilden TownshipMinnesota townsU.S. towns
Diabetes (CDC PLACES)15%10%12%
High blood pressure (CDC PLACES)40%31%35%
Feel lonely (CDC PLACES)28%30%33%
Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES)14%16%17%
32 measures vs. Minnesota
4 better15 too close to call13 worse
What stands outGrove Park-Tilden TownshipMN
More adults treating high blood pressure83.6%76.1%
More adults screened for colon cancer73.7%68.7%
More adults with heart disease9.7%5.9%
Riverview Hospital
17.9 mi away · emergency room
2 of 3
care shortages: primary care, mental health

CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Grove Park-Tilden Township

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After high school

Colleges nearby

None within 15 miles of Grove Park-Tilden Township; the nearest are

Get outside

23 miles of trails in Grove Park-Tilden Township

54.4% of the town is conserved land, across 8 parks and preserves.

Map of trails and conserved land in Grove Park-Tilden TownshipConservedTrails
1
Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge10.5 mi of trails · 16,334 acres
Directions
2
Mentor Prairie Wildlife Management Area1 mi of trails · 2,132 acres
Directions
3
Pembina Trail SNA1 mi of trails · 955 acres
Directions
Trails © OpenStreetMap contributors · USGS PAD-US

About Grove Park-Tilden Township

Township in Minnesota, United States

Grove Park-Tilden Township is a township in Polk County, Minnesota, United States which surrounds the city of Mentor. The unincorporated community of Dugdale, and the location of Tilden Junction are located within the township, and the unincorporated community of Marcoux Corner is located at the edge of the township. It is part of the Grand Forks-ND-MN Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 311 at the 2000 census.

From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)

Area
70 sq mi
Elevation
1,161 ft

Questions about Grove Park-Tilden Township

Short answers, built from the data on this page.

Is Grove Park-Tilden Township, MN a good place to live?

Grove Park-Tilden Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.