Milo TownshipMN
A town of 1,579.
Is Milo Township a good place to live?
Milo Township’s best subject grade is an A− for civic life. On the outdoors, just 12 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. Milo Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Milo Township for work
Where Milo Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Milo Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Milo Township is from typical.
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Moving to Milo Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Milo 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 Milo Township.
Most of Milo Township’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Commuting out is the norm in Milo Township: 2% of working residents work locally. Its average commute stands at 35 minutes. Also worth knowing: jobs in Milo Township grew by 89 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 224. Half commute less than 25 miles.
| Milo Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 8.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Faith Christian School PrivateLargest high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 120 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Milo Township
Milo Township’s midsummer high comes in at 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
On CDC estimates, Milo Township is healthier than 55% of U.S. towns
Milo Township: 13% of adults report frequent physical distress, above Minnesota’s towns (12%) but below U.S. towns (14%). In Milo Township, 29% of adults feel lonely. Nearly three quarters of adults in the town had a checkup this year; 17% smoke cigarettes.
| Milo Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| What stands out | Milo Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.1% | 8.9% |
| More smokers | 17% | 13.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.6% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Moderate risk in Milo Township, with inland flooding at the top
Of the losses FEMA expects in Milo Township, 58% come from inland flooding and 20% from cold waves. Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in 55% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Milo Township households in 2 declared disasters; the latest was in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Milo Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Milo Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Milo Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Milo Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Milo Township is a township in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,385 at the 2010 census. Milo Township was organized in 1869, and named after Milo, Maine.
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- Area
- 34 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,030 ft
Milo Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Milo Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Milo Township | — | — | B− | — | B | B− |
| Greenbush Township | — | — | A− | — | B | B |
| Foreston | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Bogus Brook Township | — | — | B | — | B | B |
| Milaca Township | — | — | A− | — | B | B− |
| Maywood Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Milo Township, Greenbush Township, Bogus Brook Township and Milaca Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Milo Township, Greenbush Township, Bogus Brook Township and Milaca Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Foreston and Maywood Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Milo Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Milo Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Milo 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 B−.