Oak Lawn TownshipMN
A town of 1,886.
Is Oak Lawn Township a good place to live?
Oak Lawn Township’s best subject grades are a B+ for cost of living and schools; its weakest is a C for walkability. Oak Lawn Township’s January low is 1°F, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 6°F and U.S. towns at 22°F. Only 56 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on history. The biggest place to walk is Poor Farm Wildlife Management Area, 314 acres with 1.7 miles of trail. Oak Lawn Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Oak Lawn Township for work
Where Oak Lawn Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Oak Lawn Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Oak Lawn Township is from typical.
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Moving to Oak Lawn Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Oak Lawn 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 Oak Lawn Township.
Oak Lawn Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Most working residents leave Oak Lawn Township for work: only 3% work in town. 14% of residents live below the poverty line in Oak Lawn Township, against 7% in Minnesota’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. Since 2013, Oak Lawn Township has added 139 jobs, to 390 in 2023.
| Oak Lawn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.8% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In Oak Lawn Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Oak Lawn Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Oak Lawn Township is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Oak Lawn Township faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 66% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Oak Lawn Township are healthier than 60% of U.S. towns
Oak Lawn Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 28% of adults feel lonely in Oak Lawn Township.
| Oak Lawn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Oak Lawn Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.5% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| More smokers | 16.2% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Oak Lawn Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Poor Farm Wildlife Management Area | 1.7 mi | 314 |
| 2. Loerch Wildlife Management Area | — | 167 |
| 3. Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area | — | 11 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Mille Lacs Lake and 4 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Oak Lawn Township. Close and well known come first.
25 mi LakeMille Lacs Lake5 mi Theme parkPaul Bunyan Land
14 mi AttractionKenney Lake Overlook
23 mi MuseumMille Lacs Indian Museum5 mi GardenNorthland ArboretumPhoto credits
Mille Lacs Lake: Dougtone, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Kenney Lake Overlook: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mille Lacs Indian Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
Everything we know about Oak Lawn Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Oak Lawn Township
About 2 of every 100 Oak Lawn Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Oak Lawn Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Oak Lawn Township is a township in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,764 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 38 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,214 ft
Oak Lawn Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Oak Lawn Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Lawn Township | — | — | B+ | — | B+ | B |
| Brainerd | #238 | C+ | B+ | C− | B+ | B− |
| Center Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | B+ |
| Nokay Lake Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Irondale Township | — | — | A− | — | B+ | B− |
| Long Lake Township | — | — | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Riverton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Oak Lawn Township, Center Township, Irondale Township and Long Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Oak Lawn Township, Center Township, Irondale Township and Long Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Nokay Lake Township and Riverton aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Oak Lawn Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Oak Lawn Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Oak Lawn 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+.