Lake Mary TownshipMN
A town of 1,185.
Is Lake Mary Township a good place to live?
Lake Mary Township’s best subject grade is an A− for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. On civic life, just 9 of Minnesota’s 572 towns do worse. Lake Mary Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lake Mary Township stand out
Where Lake Mary Township beats most towns.
1,185 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Lake Mary Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Lake Mary Township is from typical.
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Moving to Lake Mary Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lake Mary 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 Mary Township.
About half of Lake Mary Township’s working residents commute to Alexandria
Among residents in Lake Mary Township, 3.7% live below the poverty line. Only 2% of working residents stay in Lake Mary Township for work; the rest commute out. This Minnesota town had 196 jobs in 2023, up 113 from 2013. For Lake Mary Township, the average commute is 19 minutes.
| Lake Mary Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 19 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 3.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $103,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lake Mary Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from inland flooding
In Lake Mary Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 22 of 100. Expected losses in Lake Mary Township break down as 46% from inland flooding and 25% from cold waves. Also worth knowing: the national flood insurance program has paid 7 claims locally since 2001.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lake Mary Township is healthier than 72% of U.S. towns
For adults in Lake Mary Township, the share who had a checkup this year is 77%. The town does better than the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 5. In Lake Mary Township, 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours, close to Minnesota’s towns (30%) and below U.S. towns (36%).
| Lake Mary 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 | Lake Mary Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 79.2% | 76.1% |
| More adults with arthritis | 27.3% | 22.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lake Mary Township: snowy winters and pleasant summers
The range runs from 1° on a January night to 80° on a July afternoon, with about 46 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Protected land: 1.9% of Lake Mary Township
1.7 miles of trail. Lake Mary Township’s density of trails stands at 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Lake Mary Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.9% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lake Mary Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Lake Mary Township
About 3 of every 100 Lake Mary Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
98% of working residents leave Lake Mary Township for work
Where Lake Mary Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lake Mary Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Lake Mary Township is a township in Douglas County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,158 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,371 ft
Questions about Lake Mary Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lake Mary 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 C+.