Pokegama TownshipMN
A town of 2,884, settled in 1912. 40% more nonprofits per person than the typical Minnesota town.
Is Pokegama Township a good place to live?
Pokegama Township is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 263rd of 271 graded towns in Minnesota, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its public schools beat 55% of Minnesota towns on state tests and graduation. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $316K for a typical one and 4.4 times the county’s $71K median household income. Pokegama Township’s average trip to work is 37 minutes, above both Minnesota’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). On hazard risk, just 46 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Snake River Fur Post, at 21 acres.
What makes Pokegama Township stand out
Where Pokegama Township beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Pokegama Township for work
Where Pokegama Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Pokegama Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Pokegama Township is from typical.
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Moving to Pokegama Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Pokegama Township, and how to reach them.
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The data
Ordered by what stands out in Pokegama Township.
Pokegama Township is a second-home town and sends most of its workers to Pine City and beyond, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of Minnesota (mostly inland flooding).
Most working residents commute out of Pokegama Township
Pokegama Township has 158 jobs for its 1,077 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. The average commute takes 37.1 minutes, against 22.7 across Minnesota.
Most working residents leave Pokegama Township for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Pokegama Township fell to 158 in 2023, 35 fewer than in 2013. 8.9% of Pokegama Township workers work from home.
| Pokegama Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 9.9% | 8% |
| Work from home | 8.9% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $78,000 | $91,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.7% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Inland flooding leads a high hazard risk in Pokegama Township
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 91% of Minnesota towns, with expected losses of about $1,123 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Pokegama Township’s FEMA risk score is 76 of 100. Since 1997, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Pokegama Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Pokegama Township
Pokegama Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Pokegama Township is 81°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Health in Pokegama Township trails 55% of U.S. towns
Pokegama Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 13. 17% of adults smoke cigarettes in Pokegama Township.
| Pokegama Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 35% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 35% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Pokegama Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.1% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.3% | 5.4% |
| More smokers | 17.3% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Pokegama Township has set aside 0.7% of its land for conservation
2.2 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Pine County V&S 1 Wildlife Management Area | — | 139 |
| 2. Pine County V&S 2 Wildlife Management Area | — | 79 |
| 3. Snake River Fur Post | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Pokegama Township
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Pokegama Township
About 4 of every 100 Pokegama Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Pokegama Township
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Pokegama () is an unincorporated community in Pokegama Township, Pine County, Minnesota, United States; along the southern shores of Pokegama Lake. Its name in Ojibwe is Bakegamaang, meaning "at the side-lake", referring to Pokegama Lake's position to the Snake River. The community is located between Pine City and Henriette along Pokegama Lake Road (County Road 7), between Brook Park Road (County Road 13) and Tigua Road (County Road 53).
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- Elevation
- 932 ft
Pokegama Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Pokegama Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokegama Township | #263 | C− | C | — | B | C+ |
| Pine City | #252 | C | B+ | — | B | C+ |
| Pine City Township | — | — | C | — | B | C+ |
| Chengwatana Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Royalton Township | — | — | C | — | B− | B− |
| Brook Park Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Comfort Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | C+ |
Pine City Township, Royalton Township and Comfort Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Pokegama Township, Pine City, Pine City Township, Royalton Township and Comfort Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Chengwatana Township and Brook Park Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Pokegama Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Pokegama Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Pokegama Township, MN a good place to live?
Pokegama Township grades C− overall, better than 22% of U.S. towns and #263 of 271 in Minnesota. It grades C+ for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Is Pokegama Township, MN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.