Melville TownshipMN
A town of 192.
Is Melville Township a good place to live?
Melville Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
192 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Melville Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Melville 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 Melville Township.
Most of Melville Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.2 jobs for each of them
Half of commuters travel less than 25 miles. The average trip to work for Melville Township comes to 32 minutes, above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 1% of working residents stay in Melville Township for work; the rest commute out. 13% of Melville Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Melville Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Top of a low hazard risk in Melville Township: inland flooding
The natural-hazard score from FEMA for Melville Township comes to 22 of 100, below both Minnesota’s towns (40 of 100) and U.S. towns (44 of 100). Expected losses in Melville Township break down as 36% from inland flooding and 18% from cold waves. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Melville Township, expect four seasons and pleasant summers
July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 5° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Melville Township is
Among adults in Melville Township, 77% had a checkup this year. Against the Minnesota average, Melville Township comes out ahead on 1 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 11. 13% of adults here have diabetes; 37% have high blood pressure.
| Melville Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Melville Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.5% | 76.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.7% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Melville Township is conserved land
3.8 miles of trail. Melville Township’s trail density comes in at 0.1 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Melville Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Melville Township; the nearest are
About 5 of every 100 Melville Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Melville Township for work
Where Melville Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Melville Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Melville Township is a township in Renville County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 242 at the 2000 census. Melville Township was organized in 1878.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,079 ft
Questions about Melville Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Melville Township, MN a good place to live?
Melville Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.