Minden TownshipMN
A town of 1,543, settled in 1869.
Is Minden Township a good place to live?
Minden Township’s best subject grades are an A− for incomes and a B for schools; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Minden Township’s median age is 49.9 years, against 39.9 years in Minnesota’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Minden Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Minden Township stand out
Where Minden Township beats most towns.
Every workday, about 1,607 people come to Minden Township for work
Where Minden Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Minden Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Minden Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Minden Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Minden 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 Minden Township.
With 2.3 jobs for every working resident, Minden Township draws in 1,607 commuters
Most working residents leave Minden Township for work: only 3% work in town. 3.2% of Minden Township residents live below the poverty line, below both Minnesota’s towns (7%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Minden Township has added 156 jobs, to 1,630 in 2023.
| Minden Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $76,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a low hazard risk in Minden Township
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 75% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Minden Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Minden Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Minden Township is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Minden Township ranks healthier than 61% of the country’s towns
Minden Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 41% of adults have obesity in Minden Township.
| Minden Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | Minden Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 15.5% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Minden Township has set aside 0.1% of its land for conservation
8.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Only 8 of the 273 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of conserved land than Minden Township.
| Minden Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 0.1% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Mayhew Park | — | 12 |
| 2. Mayhew Creek Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Minden Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Minden Township
About 3 of every 100 Minden Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Minden Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Minden Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minden Township | — | — | C+ | — | B | B |
| St. Cloud | #269 | C− | B− | D | C− | B− |
| Sauk Rapids · Sauk Rapids Township | #175 | B+ | B− | B− | B | B+ |
| St. George Township | — | — | C− | — | A− | B |
| Mayhew Lake Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haven Township | — | — | B− | — | C− | C |
Minden Township, St. George Township and Haven Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Minden Township, St. George Township and Haven Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Mayhew Lake Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Sauk Rapids Township and Sauk Rapids are one community, graded once. Compare Minden Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Minden Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Minden Township, MN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $297,000. Cloud, MN 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+.