Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 2,638.
May Township's standout: the median household earns $137K. Overall it grades B+, ranked 149th of 271 in Minnesota. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 90% of the country and its schools outperform 77% of the state's. May Township’s average trip to work is 36 minutes, above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 34 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area, at 1,578 acres.
Where May Township beats most towns.
Where May Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far May Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A+ for jobs and income (better than 99% of comparable towns) to D for walkability (better than 10%), so the B+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper and 4 maps from 1948 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around May Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw25 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
23 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
25 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
22 mi Stadium & arenaAllianz Field
20 mi MuseumMinnesota State CapitolU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Allianz Field: Andy Witchger, CC BY 2.0 · Minnesota State Capitol: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in May 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 May Township.
May Township has less food insecurity than most of Minnesota, sends most of its workers to Minneapolis and beyond and has household incomes well above the Minnesota norm.
Its widest gap with Minnesota is food insecurity: 6.7% of its 16,352 adults worry about having enough food, against 11.4% statewide. Against the 3,809 U.S. towns with household incomes like May Township’s, it is healthier than 64%, a smaller edge than it has nationally: part of it comes with its incomes.
27% of adults feel lonely in May Township. May Township beats the Minnesota average on 18 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 13% of adults report frequent mental distress in May Township.
| May Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | May Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 11.4% |
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 5.4% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.8% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by Marine Area Community School. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marine Area Community SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–5 | Grades K–5 | 112 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
May Township has 212 jobs for its 1,247 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 35.8 minutes, against 22.7 across Minnesota.
Most working residents leave May Township for work: only 4% work in town. 24% of May Township workers work from home. Since 2013, May Township has added 109 jobs, to 212 in 2023.
| May Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $137,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 24% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 2% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.5% | 9.9% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
May Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in May Township is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.9 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Big Marine Park Reserve | 0.3 mi | 196 |
| 2. Keystone Woods Wildlife Management Area | — | 1,578 |
| 3. Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway | — | 218 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 54% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 18 flood insurance claims have been paid out in May Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of May Township
About 8 of every 100 May Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
2 places in May Township on the National Register of Historic Places.
Township in Minnesota, United States
May Township is a township in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,670 at the 2020 census. May Township was organized in 1893, and named for Morgan May, an English settler.
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5 towns share a border with May Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May Township | #149 | B+ | C | — | A− | A |
| Hugo | #127 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
| Stillwater Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | A |
| Marine on St. Croix | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scandia | #152 | B+ | C+ | — | B | A− |
Stillwater Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. May Township, Hugo, Stillwater Township and Scandia report no FBI crime data of their own. Marine on St. Croix isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare May Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. May Township grades B+ overall, better than 73% of U.S. towns and #149 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades A for health and A− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
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 C.
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