Maine Prairie TownshipMN
A town of 1,954, settled in 1863.
Is Maine Prairie Township a good place to live?
The best of Maine Prairie Township’s subject grades are an A− for schools and a B+ for health; the weakest is a C− for cost of living. The biggest park or preserve is Alice Hamm Wildlife Management Area, at 122 acres. Maine Prairie Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
95% of working residents leave Maine Prairie Township for work
Where Maine Prairie Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Maine Prairie Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Maine Prairie Township is from typical.
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Moving to Maine Prairie Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Maine Prairie 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 Maine Prairie Township.
With only 0.5 jobs per working resident, most people in Maine Prairie Township work out of town
The share of residents in Maine Prairie Township who live below the poverty line is 4.5%, below both the Minnesota town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Its average commute comes in at 28 minutes. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs here rose by 116, to 441. The top destinations are St. Cloud (22%), Kimball (6%) and Waite Park (5%).
| Maine Prairie Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.5% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Maine Prairie Township ranks healthier than 72% of the country’s towns
Against the Minnesota average, Maine Prairie Township comes out ahead on 2 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1. The share of adults in Maine Prairie Township who feel lonely is 29%, against 30% in Minnesota’s towns and 33% across U.S. towns. In Maine Prairie Township, 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Maine Prairie Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 76% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | Maine Prairie Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6.2% | 7.1% |
| More adults screened for colon cancer | 72.8% | 68.7% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.5% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The climate in Maine Prairie Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
Maine Prairie Township’s peak summer temperature stands at 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Maine Prairie Township is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in nearly three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Maine Prairie Township, 58% come from inland flooding and 13% from tornadoes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Open space protected for good: 1.3% of Maine Prairie Township
3.0 miles of trail wind through 4 parks and preserves. In Maine Prairie Township, the trail density is 0.1 miles per square mile.
| Maine Prairie Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.1 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Willow Creek Park | 0.8 mi | 15 |
| 2. Alice Hamm Wildlife Management Area | — | 122 |
| 3. A Shau Valley Wildlife Management Area | — | 115 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Maine Prairie Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Maine Prairie Township
About 3 of every 100 Maine Prairie Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Maine Prairie Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Maine Prairie Township is a township in Stearns County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,887 at the 2010 census. Maine Prairie Township was organized in 1858, and named after the state of Maine, the native home of a large share of its first settlers.
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- Area
- 65 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,132 ft
Maine Prairie Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Maine Prairie Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maine Prairie Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B+ |
| Fair Haven Township | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Luxemburg Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rockville | — | — | B− | — | C | A− |
| St. Augusta | #187 | B | B− | — | C− | A− |
| Kingston Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Forest Prairie Township | — | — | B+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Wakefield Township | #194 | B | C | — | B+ | A− |
Maine Prairie Township, Fair Haven Township, Rockville, Kingston Township and Forest Prairie Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Maine Prairie Township, Fair Haven Township, Rockville, St. Augusta, Kingston Township, Forest Prairie Township and Wakefield Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Luxemburg Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Maine Prairie Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Maine Prairie Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Maine Prairie Township, MN expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.