Dtmooselake, 2006
Moose Lake Township’s story
Moose Lake Township in pictures
Census counts: 100 in 1880, 2,789 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 2006 and 2 maps from 1962 on.
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Moose Lake TownshipMN
Home to 1,012 people, this town lies in Minnesota.
4 bordering townsMap →
Photo: Jakes19 · Public domain
Population
1,012
2025 Census estimate · +2.4% since 2020
Median home value
$242K
Census ACS
Household income
$87K
median
Median age
40.8
years
Jobs based here
114
A commuter town
Is Moose Lake Township a good place to live?
Moose Lake Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for the outdoors and cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 8 of Minnesota’s 572 towns score lower on health. No town in Minnesota scores lower than Moose Lake Township on civic life. Moose Lake State Park, at 992 acres with 2.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Moose Lake Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Small town
1,012 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Nearby towns
Moose LakeBarnum TownshipWindemere TownshipSilver TownshipMoose Lake Township
How Moose Lake Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Moose Lake Township is from typical.
WalkabilityEPA walkability 5.2 of 20; 0.8% of households have no car; 0% of workers walk, bike or ride transitDOpen →HealthLess healthy than 82% of U.S. towns; Essentia Health Moose Lake 3 miles awayC−Open →Hazard riskCold waves top the listB+Open →Cost of livingTypical home $242K, 3.4 years of the Duluth metro’s $72K median household incomeB+Open →SchoolsBehind 54% of Minnesota districts on tests and graduationB−Open →Jobs & income$87K median household incomeB−Open →
Character Graded, but not part of the overall grade.
Outdoors6% conserved landB+Open →HistoryBehind most towns comparedCOpen →Civic life0.1 community nonprofits per 1,000 residentsD−Open →
Described, not graded Taste, not quality: snow or an older crowd is neither good nor bad.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Getting set up
The full setup list →Moving to Moose Lake Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Moose Lake Township, and how to reach them.
PowerLake Country Power18.3¢/kWh · EIA 2025HIFLD · EIA
WaterMoose Lake water systemNo health-based violations in 5 years · EPAEPA
InternetProviders and speedsData pending · D4
Trash & dumpNot on file yetWe don’t have Moose Lake Township’s trash rules yet
Register to voteOnlineIn Minnesota you can register online until 21 days before Election Day, in person up to and including Election Day, or by mail (received 21 days before).vote.govWho runs elections hereCarlton County AuditorCarlton County; contacts on the Handbook page.FVAP, Sep 2024
ZIP codes55767, 55783, 5575655767 95% · 55783 2% · 55756 2%Census 2020
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 Moose Lake Township.
HealthC−
A larger share of adults in Moose Lake Township smoke cigarettes than in the typical Minnesota or U.S. town
37% of adults sleep under 7 hours here. Moose Lake Township: nearly a quarter of adults say their health is fair or poor, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 16% and U.S. towns at 19%. Among 272 Minnesota towns, just 8 have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Moose Lake Township. In Moose Lake Township, 43% of adults have obesity, and 15% have diabetes.
18%healthier than U.S. townsC−Health Grade
| Moose Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 43% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 10% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 23% | 25% |
32 measures vs. Minnesota
0 better11 too close to call21 worse
| What stands out | Moose Lake Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 8.9% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.6% | 5.7% |
| More smokers | 21.7% | 13.1% |
Essentia Health Moose Lake
3 mi away · emergency room
1 of 3
care shortages: mental health
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Work & commuteJobs & income grade B−
Moose Lake Township has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Commuting out is the norm in the town: 1% of working residents work locally. Moose Lake Township: 16% of workers work from home, against 14% in Minnesota’s towns and 11% across U.S. towns. Employers in Moose Lake Township shed 150 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 114. Half commute less than 25 miles.
1%work in town
| Moose Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 16% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
In Moose Lake Township1%
Moose Lake20%
Duluth13%
Cloquet11%
Superior2%
25 mi
median commute distance
114
jobs based in Moose Lake Township
A commuter town
jobs vs. working residents
D
Walkability grade: more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazardsHazard risk grade B+
Moose Lake Township has a low natural-hazard risk, chiefly from cold waves
For Moose Lake Township, the FEMA hazard score is 28 of 100. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid in 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. Just over two thirds of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 23%.
28risk score of 100
FEMA risk score
Cold wavesInland flooding
4
federal disasters paid out here
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Climate
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Moose Lake Township’s year
July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to 1° and about 64 inches of snow falls in a winter.
64″snow a winter
Typical low → high °F
Winter5–23°
Spring28–52°
Summer53–77°
Fall34–53°
Oct 2
typical first frost
May 12
typical last frost
+1.7°
vs. the 20th-century average
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
OutdoorsB+
Conserved land covers 5.7% of Moose Lake Township
Count the trails in 1 park or preserve and they come to 18 miles. Moose Lake Township’s density of trails stands at 0.6 miles per square mile.
5.7%conserved
| Moose Lake Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.7% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
5.7%
conserved · 1,205 of 21,019 acres
18 mi
of trails · 0.6 per sq mi
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Moose Lake State Park | 2.9 mi | 992 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Keep exploring
Everything we know about Moose Lake Township
18pages on Moose Lake Township
The big questions
Out and about
The story
After high school
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Moose Lake Township; the nearest are
Fond du Lac Tribal and Community CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Cloquet20.7 mi$6,006 in-state tuitionLake Superior CollegeCommunity college · Public · Duluth35.3 mi$5,785 in-state tuition
About 2 of every 100 Moose Lake Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
A commuter town
99% of working residents leave Moose Lake Township for work
Where Moose Lake Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
114jobs based in Moose Lake Township
1%of working residents work in town
25 mimedian commute distance
Census LEHD 2023
About Moose Lake Township
City in Minnesota, United States
Moose Lake is a city in Carlton County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 2,789 at the 2020 census. Interstate 35, State Highways 27 and 73, County 10, and County 61 are the main routes in Moose Lake. Moose Lake State Park is nearby.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 3.5 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,060 ft
- ZIP code
- 55767
- Area code
- 218
Questions about Moose Lake Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Moose Lake Township, MN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B+.