La Grand TownshipMN
A town of 4,309.
Is La Grand Township a good place to live?
La Grand Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 131st of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 84% of the state's. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 74% of the country. A typical home there costs about $385K, 4.9 years of the Alexandria area’s $79K median household income. On hazard risk, just 25 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do better. La Grand Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 93% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Lobster Lake WPA, at 168 acres.
What makes La Grand Township stand out
Where La Grand Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | La Grand Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 9.3% |
97% of working residents leave La Grand Township for work
Where La Grand Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How La Grand Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far La Grand Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to La Grand Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in La Grand 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 La Grand Township.
La Grand Township is a second-home town, has colder winter nights than nearly all U.S. towns and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Minnesota.
More than half of La Grand Township’s working residents commute to Alexandria
Jobs based here grew from 568 in 2013 to 764.
Most working residents leave La Grand Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in La Grand Township grew to 764 in 2023, 196 more than in 2013. 19% of workers work from home in La Grand Township, against 14% in Minnesota’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns.
| La Grand Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.1% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Minnesota overall
20.7% of homes are seasonal or vacation homes, against 4.9% statewide, which helps explain the older median age.
Adults 18 to 34 are 9% of residents (22% statewide); people 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide). At 45.2 years, La Grand Township’s median age is above both Minnesota’s towns (39.9 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). 25% of residents are under 18 in La Grand Township.
| La Grand Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 17% | 18% |
| Median age | 45.2 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 33% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3 points). Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| La Grand Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.6% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.4% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 3.9% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 16% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.7% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.1% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.6% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.2% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 20% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.2% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.4% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,300, single groups can be off by several points
La Grand Township earns a B+ for health
Within Minnesota it is healthier than 50% of the 271 graded towns: Minnesota sets a high bar.
28% of La Grand Township adults feel lonely. La Grand Township beats the Minnesota average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 5. 29% of La Grand Township adults sleep under 7 hours.
| La Grand Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | La Grand Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.9% | 9.3% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.7% | 11.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 27% | 22.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in La Grand Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 78% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| La Grand Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Lake Brophy County Park | 5.3 mi | 141 |
| 2. Lobster Lake WPA | 0.2 mi | 168 |
| 3. La Grande Wildlife Management Area | — | 117 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
In La Grand Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
January nights average 0.9°, colder than in 95% of U.S. towns; July afternoons average 79.8°. The Glenwood 2wnw weather station, 16 miles away, records that the frost-free season runs about 139 days: shorter than most of the country, but longer than 82% of Minnesota places with climate records.
La Grand Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. La Grand Township’s January low is 1°F. About 46 inches of snow falls in a winter.
| La Grand Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| January low | 1°F | 6°F | 22°F |
| July high | 80°F | 82°F | 85°F |
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about La Grand Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of La Grand Township
About 3 of every 100 La Grand Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About La Grand Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
La Grand Township is a township in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,279 at the 2020 census. La Grand Township was organized in 1873, and named after an early settler.
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- Area
- 33 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,421 ft
La Grand Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with La Grand Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Grand Township | #131 | A− | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Alexandria | #144 | B+ | B− | C+ | A− | B+ |
| Lake Mary Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Garfield | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moe Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ida Township | — | — | C | — | A− | A− |
| Alexandria Township | #87 | A | B− | — | A− | B+ |
Lake Mary Township and Ida Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. La Grand Township, Lake Mary Township, Ida Township and Alexandria Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Garfield and Moe Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare La Grand Township with a neighbor →
Questions about La Grand Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is La Grand Township, MN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. La Grand Township grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #131 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools.
Is La Grand Township, MN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.