Nashwauk TownshipMN
This town of 1,657 people was settled in 1902.
Is Nashwauk Township a good place to live?
The best of Nashwauk Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for incomes. Only 18 of Minnesota’s 573 towns score higher on cost of living. Nashwauk Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
How Nashwauk Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Nashwauk Township is from typical.
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Moving to Nashwauk Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Nashwauk Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Nashwauk Township.
Nashwauk Township’s public schools outperform 54% of Minnesota districts
Its public schools are run by the Nashwauk-Keewatin School District. Nashwauk Township’s only public school teaches 228 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nashwauk SecondaryLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 228 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Top of a high hazard risk in Nashwauk Township: inland flooding
For Nashwauk Township, the natural-hazard score from FEMA is 68 of 100. Of the losses FEMA expects here, 52% come from inland flooding and 37% from cold waves. Federal disaster aid has reached households in Nashwauk Township after 4 declared disasters, most recently in 2024.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Nashwauk Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
The peak summer temperature for Nashwauk Township comes to 78°F, below both Minnesota’s towns (82°F) and U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
About one in eight working residents works right in Nashwauk Township
For most workers, Nashwauk Township is a place to come home to: only 12% work in town. Jobs in Nashwauk Township grew by 366 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 742. The middle household income for Nashwauk Township comes to $60,000, where Minnesota’s towns sit at $90,000 and U.S. towns at $80,000. 6.8% of Nashwauk Township workers work remotely from home.
| Nashwauk Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.8% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 10% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
A larger share of adults have diabetes in Nashwauk Township than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
27% of adults get no exercise outside work in Nashwauk Township. Only 9 of the 272 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have high blood pressure than Nashwauk Township. Among adults here, 18% smoke cigarettes and 29% sleep under 7 hours.
| Nashwauk Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 10% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 31% | 35% |
| What stands out | Nashwauk Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 5.4% |
| More adults with heart disease | 8.2% | 5.9% |
| More smokers | 18.1% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
2.5% of Nashwauk Township is conserved land
The trail density in Nashwauk Township is 0.2 miles per square mile. Trails run 10 miles in 1 park or preserve. Parks and preserves here: one, of 13 acres.
| Nashwauk Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. O'Brien Reservoir Recreation Area | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Nashwauk Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Nashwauk Township
About 2 of every 100 Nashwauk Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Nashwauk Township
City in Minnesota, United States
Nashwauk ( NASH-wawk) is a town in Itasca County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 970 at the 2020 census. U.S. Highway 169 and Minnesota State Highway 65 are two of the main routes in Nashwauk.
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- Area
- 15 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,473 ft
- ZIP code
- 55769
- Area code
- 218
Nashwauk Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Nashwauk Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nashwauk Township · Nashwauk | — | — | A+ | — | B− | C+ |
| Keewatin | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lawrence Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenway Township | — | — | A+ | — | B+ | B− |
| Lone Pine Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hibbing | #121 | A− | A | A− | B+ | C |
| Balsam Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Nashwauk Township and Greenway Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Nashwauk Township and Greenway Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Keewatin, Lawrence Township, Lone Pine Township and Balsam Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Nashwauk and Nashwauk Township are one community, graded once. Compare Nashwauk Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Nashwauk Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Nashwauk 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 A+.