Moorhead TownshipMN
A town of 189, settled in 1871.
Is Moorhead Township a good place to live?
Moorhead Township’s median age is 55.1 years, above both the Minnesota town median (39.9 years) and the median of U.S. towns (40.5 years). Only one of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare has a higher home-ownership rate than Moorhead Township. Moorhead Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
189 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Moorhead Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moorhead 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 Moorhead Township.
Compared with most of Minnesota and the rest of the country, the FEMA risk score in Moorhead Township is higher
Of the losses FEMA expects in Moorhead Township, 72% come from inland flooding and 15% from cold waves. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 84% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
About half of Moorhead Township’s working residents commute to Fargo
Half commute less than 5 miles. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Moorhead Township dropped by 41, to 39. Also worth knowing: the typical journey to work for Moorhead Township comes to 15 minutes, below both Minnesota’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). The top destinations are Fargo (48%), Moorhead (31%) and West Fargo (6%).
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Moorhead Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
For Moorhead Township, the midsummer high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Moorhead Township is
The share of adults in Moorhead Township who feel lonely: 32%. On the CDC’s 32 measures, Moorhead Township is ahead of Minnesota on 1 and behind on 6. Among adults in the town, 19% binge drink and 26% have been diagnosed with depression.
| Moorhead Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 25% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Moorhead Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.4% | 8.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.4% | 8.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0% of Moorhead Township is conserved land
2.9 miles of trail. Moorhead Township’s density of trails stands at 0.3 miles per square mile.
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fargodome and 7 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Moorhead Township. Close and well known come first.
7 mi Stadium & arenaFargodome
5 mi MuseumPlains Art Museum
7 mi Zoo & aquariumRed River Zoo
7 mi MuseumFargo Air Museum
4 mi MuseumRourke Art Museum
11 mi MuseumBonanzaville, USAPhoto credits
Fargodome: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Plains Art Museum: AJ LEON, CC BY 2.0 · Red River Zoo: BrielleMary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Fargo Air Museum: Fargo-Moorhead CVB, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rourke Art Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Bonanzaville, USA: Fargo-Moorhead CVB, CC BY-SA 2.0
Everything we know about Moorhead Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Moorhead Township
About 1 of every 100 Moorhead Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
100% of working residents leave Moorhead Township for work
Where Moorhead Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Moorhead Township
City in Minnesota, United States
Moorhead ( MOR-hed) is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Minnesota, United States, on the banks of the Red River of the North. Located in the Red River Valley, an extremely fertile and active agricultural region, Moorhead is home to several corporations and manufacturing industries. Across the river from Fargo, North Dakota and next to Dilworth, Minnesota, Moorhead forms part of the core of the Fargo–Moorhead ND-MN Metropolitan Area. The population was 44,505 at the 2020 census. Moorhead is a hub of higher education in Minnesota, home to Minnesota State University Moorhead, Concordia College, and a campus of Minnesota State Community and Technical College. Platted in 1871, the c…
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- Established
- 1871
- Area
- 22 sq mi
- Elevation
- 899 ft
- ZIP code
- 56560, 56561, 56562
- Area code
- 218
Questions about Moorhead Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moorhead Township, MN a good place to live?
Moorhead Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.