Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,005.
The best of Laketown Township’s subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A for health and schools. Laketown Township is home to Crown College. Laketown Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Laketown Township has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Andrew Peterson Farmstead and Zoar Moravian Church. Laketown Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Laketown Township beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Laketown Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 11.4% |
Andrew Peterson Farmstead2,243 counted in 2010 and 1,966 in 2020; an estimated 2,005 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Laketown Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 648 in 1860, 1,966 in 2020. The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 3 maps from 1905 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Laketown 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Laketown Township.
For adults in Laketown Township, the share who have diabetes is 8.1%. In Laketown Township, just over a quarter of adults have high blood pressure, below both Minnesota’s towns (31%) and U.S. towns (35%).
| Laketown Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 31% | 35% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 12% | 14% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| What stands out | Laketown Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.3% | 11.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 7.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Among 274 Minnesota towns, just 10 have a lower share of residents below the poverty line than Laketown Township. Commuting out is the norm locally: 1% of working residents work locally. The income of the median household for Laketown Township comes to $150,000, above both the Minnesota town median ($90,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Also worth knowing: jobs based in Laketown Township grew to 548 in 2023, 246 more than in 2013.
| Laketown Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $150,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 1.4% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
40% of Laketown Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by tornadoes at 19%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in 75% of U.S. communities. One claim on flood insurance has been paid out in the town since 2014.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 6° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Trails total 4.9 miles in 3 parks and preserves. Laketown Township’s density of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Laketown Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Carver Park Reserve | — | 7 |
| 2. Lake Waconia Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Reitz Lake Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Laketown Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
14 mi Theme parkValleyfair
10 mi LakeLake Minnetonka
24 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
27 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
32 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino ArenaU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Valleyfair: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clumpinglitter/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Lake Minnetonka: Dan, CC BY 2.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Laketown Township
College town 23 of every 100 Laketown Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
2 places in Laketown Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Minnesota, United States
Laketown Township is a township in Carver County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,966 as of the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Laketown Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laketown Township | — | — | B− | — | A | A |
| Victoria | #20 | A+ | C− | — | A | A+ |
| Waconia | #31 | A+ | C+ | — | A | A |
| Chaska | #33 | A+ | C | A− | A | A |
| Dahlgren Township | — | — | C | — | A | A |
| Waconia Township | — | — | C− | — | A | A |
| Minnetrista | #35 | A+ | D | A | A | A+ |
Laketown Township, Dahlgren Township and Waconia Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Laketown Township, Victoria, Waconia, Dahlgren Township and Waconia Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Laketown Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
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