Lanesburgh TownshipMN
A town of 2,052.
Is Lanesburgh Township a good place to live?
Lanesburgh Township’s best subject grades are an A− for health, schools, and incomes. Of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lanesburgh Township. Lanesburgh Township’s median household income is $122,000, above both Minnesota’s towns ($90,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). The biggest park or preserve is Sanborn Lake Wildlife Management Area, at 539 acres. Lanesburgh Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 83% of U.S. towns. Lanesburgh Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Lanesburgh Township stand out
Where Lanesburgh Township beats most towns.
100% of working residents leave Lanesburgh Township for work
Where Lanesburgh Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Lanesburgh Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Lanesburgh Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Lanesburgh Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Lanesburgh 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 Lanesburgh Township.
Lanesburgh Township ranks healthier than 85% of the country’s towns
Lanesburgh Township beats the Minnesota average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of adults binge drink in Lanesburgh Township, above both the Minnesota town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (16%). 29% of adults feel lonely in Lanesburgh Township.
| Lanesburgh Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| What stands out | Lanesburgh Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.6% | 11.4% |
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 5.7% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lanesburgh Township has 0.1 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Lanesburgh Township for work: only 0% work in town. Since 2013, Lanesburgh Township has lost 54 jobs, to 116 in 2023. The average trip to work in Lanesburgh Township is 26 minutes.
| Lanesburgh Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 9.4% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 5.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Lanesburgh Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 76% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Lanesburgh Township
Lanesburgh Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Lanesburgh Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sanborn Lake Wildlife Management Area | — | 539 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Lanesburgh Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Lanesburgh Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Lanesburgh Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
Lanesburgh Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Lanesburgh Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanesburgh Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | A− |
| New Prague | #7 | A+ | B− | A− | A | A |
| Montgomery · Montgomery Township | #15 | A+ | A− | A+ | B− | A− |
| Derrynane Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wheatland Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | A− |
Lanesburgh Township and Wheatland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Lanesburgh Township and Wheatland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Derrynane Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Montgomery Township and Montgomery are one community, graded once. Compare Lanesburgh Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Lanesburgh Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lanesburgh Township, MN expensive?
Not for the area. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.