Orrock TownshipMN
A town of 3,698, settled in 1877.
Is Orrock Township a good place to live?
Orrock Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades A− overall, 141st of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $126K. It also does better than most on schools: its schools rank ahead of 75% of Minnesota towns. A typical home there costs about $407K, 4.1 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Orrock Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On hazard risk, just 22 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge, at 8,729 acres with 7.9 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
32 miles of trails in Orrock Township
63.1% of the town is conserved land, across 3 parks and preserves.
How Orrock Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Orrock Township is from typical.
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Moving to Orrock Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Orrock 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 Orrock Township.
Orrock Township keeps more of its land conserved than most of Minnesota and sends most of its workers to Elk River and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Minnesota (mostly inland flooding).
Nearly a third of Orrock Township is conserved land
Its 14,536 conserved acres are a larger share of the town than in any other Minnesota town.
32 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves. The trail density in Orrock Township is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Sand Dunes State Forest | 19.3 mi | 5,767 |
| 2. Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge | 7.9 mi | 8,729 |
| 3. Uncas Dunes SNA | 3.3 mi | 606 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Inland flooding leads a very high hazard risk in Orrock Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 96% of Minnesota towns, with expected losses of about $382 per resident a year; that rating is what its D for hazard risk is built on.
Orrock Township’s FEMA risk score is 80 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents commute out of Orrock Township
Orrock Township has 155 jobs for its 2,026 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 36.7 minutes, against 22.7 across Minnesota.
Most working residents leave Orrock Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Orrock Township grew to 155 in 2023, 26 more than in 2013. 3.6% of Orrock Township residents live below the poverty line.
| Orrock Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $126,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.6% | 7.1% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.5% | 9.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
On CDC estimates, Orrock Township is healthier than 74% of U.S. towns
Against the 4,931 U.S. towns with household incomes like Orrock Township’s, it is less healthy than 64%: its national edge comes with its incomes.
23% of adults binge drink in Orrock Township.
| Orrock Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 71% | 75% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Orrock Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.4% | 3.1% |
| Fewer adults with heart disease | 4.6% | 5.9% |
| More binge drinkers | 22.9% | 17.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
More middle-aged adults than Minnesota overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 51% of residents (38% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 11% of residents (22% statewide). Orrock Township has grown 4.5% since 2020, to 3,698 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 39% across Minnesota.
| Orrock Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 13% | 18% | 18% |
| Median age | 44.4 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 25% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 33% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Orrock Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.5% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.4% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.8% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 21.4% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.7% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.4% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 2.4% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.6% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 20.7% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 13.6% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.9% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.6% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
In Orrock Township, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Orrock Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 81°, January nights drop to 4° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Everything we know about Orrock Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Orrock Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Orrock Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Orrock Township for work
Where Orrock Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Orrock Township
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Orrock is an unincorporated community in Orrock Township, Sherburne County, Minnesota, United States.
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- Elevation
- 988 ft
Orrock Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Orrock Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orrock Township | #141 | A− | B− | — | A− | B+ |
| Big Lake Township | #106 | A− | C+ | — | A | A− |
| Livonia Township | #65 | A | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Becker Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blue Hill Township | #159 | B+ | A− | — | B | B+ |
Orrock Township, Big Lake Township, Livonia Township and Blue Hill Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Becker Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Orrock Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Orrock Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Orrock Township, MN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Orrock Township grades A− overall, better than 75% of U.S. towns and #141 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades B+ for health and A− for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Orrock Township, MN expensive?
Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI 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 B−.