Lake Benton TownshipMN
A town of 204, platted in 1879.
Is Lake Benton Township a good place to live?
Lake Benton Township’s age of the median resident is 51.8 years, against 39.9 years in Minnesota’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Preserve, at 959 acres. Lake Benton Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
204 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Lake Benton Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Benton 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 Lake Benton Township.
Most of Lake Benton Township’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.1 jobs for each of them
Half commute less than 22 miles. The mean commuting time in Lake Benton Township is 30 minutes. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Tyler (22%), Marshall (22%) and Lake Benton (9%).
| Lake Benton Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.4% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Lake Benton Township’s year
July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 5° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lake Benton Township has a high natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
FEMA puts 51% of Lake Benton Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 15% to cold waves. On expected storm and flood damage, Lake Benton Township sits above 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Lake Benton Township is
Against the Minnesota average, Lake Benton Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 8. Lake Benton Township: just over one in ten adults have diabetes. 29% of adults in Lake Benton Township feel lonely; 36% have high blood pressure.
| Lake Benton Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| What stands out | Lake Benton Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.2% | 76.1% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8% | 5.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Protected land: 9.1% of Lake Benton Township
The trail density for Lake Benton Township comes to 0.1 miles per square mile. 1.8 miles of trail wind through 5 parks and preserves.
| Lake Benton Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 9.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Hole-in-the-Mountain Prairie Preserve | — | 959 |
| 2. Hole-In-Mountain Wildlife Management Area | — | 636 |
| 3. Altona Wildlife Management Area | 0.2 mi | 188 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lake Benton Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lake Benton Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Lake Benton Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Lake Benton Township for work
Where Lake Benton Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Benton Township
City in Minnesota, United States
Lake Benton is a city in Lincoln County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 687 at the 2020 census. Lake Benton is also the name of the approximately seven-mile-long (11 km) lake adjacent to the city of Lake Benton. The town is on the Buffalo Ridge, and is the site for the radio tower of KARZ-FM in Marshall. The area is the site of Exelon Wind's Norgaard Wind Project.
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- Area
- 4.6 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,762 ft
- ZIP code
- 56149
- Area code
- 507
Questions about Lake Benton Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Benton Township, MN a good place to live?
Lake Benton Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.