Lakewood TownshipMN
A town of 2,345.
Is Lakewood Township a good place to live?
The best of Lakewood Township’s subject grades are an A for health and an A− for incomes; the weakest is a C for walkability. Among 275 Minnesota towns, just 2 have a lower July high than Lakewood Township. The typical home is worth about $378K, 5.3 years of the Duluth metro’s $72K median household income. Only 6 of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher median age than Lakewood Township. Lakewood Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Lakewood Township for work
Where Lakewood Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lakewood Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Lakewood Township is from typical.
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Moving to Lakewood Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lakewood 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 Lakewood Township.
Residents of Lakewood Township are healthier than 89% of U.S. towns
Lakewood Township beats the Minnesota average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 20% of Lakewood Township adults binge drink, against 18% in Minnesota’s towns and 16% across U.S. towns. 14% of Lakewood Township adults report frequent mental distress.
| Lakewood Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lakewood Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.5% | 11.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 7.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.8% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lakewood Township’s schools rank ahead of 51% of Minnesota districts
Its public schools are run by the Duluth Public School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 254 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
More than half of Lakewood Township’s working residents commute to Duluth
Most working residents leave Lakewood Township for work: only 2% work in town. At $111,000, Lakewood Township’s median household income is above both Minnesota’s towns ($90,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). Since 2013, Lakewood Township has added 142 jobs, to 325 in 2023.
| Lakewood Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $111,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.3% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Lakewood Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Lakewood Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Lakewood Township is 3°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Low risk in Lakewood Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Lakewood Township since 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Lakewood Township has set aside 2% of its land for conservation
4.9 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve. Lakewood Township’s trail density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Lakewood Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McQuade Small Craft Harbor | — | 6 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Split Rock Lighthouse and 10 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lakewood Township. Close and well known come first.
36 mi LighthouseSplit Rock Lighthouse
10 mi MuseumLake Superior Railroad Museum
10 mi Zoo & aquariumGreat Lakes Aquarium
30 mi State parkGooseberry Falls State Park
10 mi MuseumDuluth Depot
17 mi MuseumTwo Harbors LighthousePhoto credits
Split Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Duluth Depot: Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain · Two Harbors Lighthouse: pmarkham, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Lakewood Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Lakewood Township
About 3 of every 100 Lakewood Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Lakewood Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Lakewood Township is a township in Saint Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,276 at the 2020 census. Jean Duluth Road, West Tischer Road, North Tischer Road, Lakewood Road, and Strand Road are five of the main routes in the township. Lakewood Township was named for its groves.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
Lakewood Township’s neighbors
3 towns share a border with Lakewood Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakewood Township | — | — | C | — | B− | A |
| Duluth | #253 | C | C | C− | B− | B+ |
| Normanna Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Duluth Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | A |
Lakewood Township and Duluth Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lakewood Township and Duluth Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Normanna Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lakewood Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Lakewood Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lakewood 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.