Haven TownshipMN
A town of 1,951, settled in 1877.
Is Haven Township a good place to live?
The best of Haven Township’s subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a C− for schools. Only 14 of Minnesota’s 572 towns score lower on health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 74% of U.S. towns. Among 274 Minnesota towns, just 7 have a lower share of working residents who work in town than Haven Township. The biggest place to walk is Sand Prairie Wildlife Management Area, 605 acres with 3.4 miles of trail. Haven Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Haven Township has grown 37% since 2010
1,986 counted in 2010 and 2,610 in 2020; an estimated 1,951 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
How Haven Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Haven Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Haven Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Haven 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 Haven Township.
With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Haven Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Haven Township for work: only 1% work in town. At 28 minutes, Haven Township’s average trip to work is above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Haven Township.
| Haven Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More of Haven Township’s adults have obesity than in the typical Minnesota or U.S. town
44% of Haven Township adults have obesity, against 35% in Minnesota’s towns and 35% across U.S. towns. 25% of Haven Township adults have been diagnosed with depression. Haven Township beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 19.
| Haven Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 44% | 35% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 14% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 11% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | Haven Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.3% | 8.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 17.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Haven Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Haven Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Haven Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Haven Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 3.5% of Haven Township
4.7 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. The trail density in Haven Township is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Haven Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sand Prairie Wildlife Management Area | 3.4 mi | 605 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Haven Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Haven Township
About 2 of every 100 Haven Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Haven Township for work
Where Haven Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Haven Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Haven Township is a township in Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,024 at the 2000 census. Haven Township was organized in 1872, and named for John Ormsbee Haven, a state legislator.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,010 ft
Haven Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Haven Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haven Township | — | — | B− | — | C− | C |
| St. Cloud | #269 | C− | B− | D | C− | B− |
| Palmer Township | #222 | B− | B | — | C | B |
| Minden Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
| Clear Lake Township | — | — | C | — | C | B+ |
Haven Township, Minden Township and Clear Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Haven Township, Palmer Township, Minden Township and Clear Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Haven Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Haven Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Haven Township, MN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $347,000. That is 3.5 years of the area's median household income ($99,833 across the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro 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−.