Pike Bay TownshipMN
A town of 1,778.
Is Pike Bay Township a good place to live?
The best of Pike Bay Township’s subject grades is an A+ for cost of living; the weakest is a D− for health. 23% of residents live below the poverty line in Pike Bay Township, above both the Minnesota town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). No town in Minnesota scores higher than Pike Bay Township on hazard risk. Pike Bay Township's schools rank behind 91% of the state's. 12% of the land in Pike Bay Township is conserved, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 4.7% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. Pike Bay Township is home to Leech Lake Tribal College. Pike Bay Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Pike Bay Township stand out
Where Pike Bay Township beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Jobs vs. working residents
| Widest gap | Pike Bay Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.2% | 11.4% |
Every workday, about 782 people come to Pike Bay Township for work
Where Pike Bay Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pike Bay Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Pike Bay Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Pike Bay Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pike Bay 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 Pike Bay Township.
A larger share of adults smoke cigarettes in Pike Bay Township than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
26% of Pike Bay Township adults smoke cigarettes. Only 1 of the 272 Minnesota towns we compare have a higher share of adults who sleep under 7 hours than Pike Bay Township. 33% of Pike Bay Township adults get no exercise outside work.
| Pike Bay Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 14% | 14% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 10% | 12% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 12% | 14% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Pike Bay Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults facing food insecurity | 27.2% | 11.4% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 13.5% | 5.7% |
| More adults without reliable transportation | 16.2% | 7.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pike Bay Township earns a D for schools
Its public schools are run by the Cass Lake-Bena Public Schools. Its two schools are below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cass Lake-Bena Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 312 | D |
| Cass Lake-Bena SecondaryLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 263 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Pike Bay Township has 1.9 jobs for every working resident, and 782 people commute in
Most working residents leave Pike Bay Township for work: only 19% work in town. Jobs based in Pike Bay Township fell to 869 in 2023, 1,120 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Pike Bay Township is 21 minutes.
| Pike Bay Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 19% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Pike Bay Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally, with the FEMA risk score lower than most
Pike Bay Township’s FEMA risk score is 3 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Pike Bay Township
Pike Bay Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 79°, January nights drop to -2° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Pike Bay Township has set aside 11.9% of its land for conservation
16 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Chippewa National Forest, at 2,449 acres with 6.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Chippewa National Forest | 6.4 mi | 2,449 |
| 2. Bowstring State Forest | — | 171 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pike Bay Township
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Pike Bay Township
About 3 of every 100 Pike Bay Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Leech Lake Tribal College calls Pike Bay Township home
About Pike Bay Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Pike Bay Township is a township in Cass County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,713 as of the 2020 census. Pike Bay Township was named for Pike Bay of Cass Lake, and indirectly for Zebulon Pike, an explorer.
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- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,332 ft
Pike Bay Township’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Pike Bay Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pike Bay Township | — | — | A+ | — | D | D− |
| Wilkinson Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Farden Township | — | — | B+ | — | C+ | C |
| Ten Lake Township | — | — | B− | — | B− | D |
| Hart Lake Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pike Bay Township, Farden Township and Ten Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pike Bay Township, Farden Township and Ten Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Wilkinson Township and Hart Lake Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pike Bay Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pike Bay Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pike Bay 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+.