Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
A town of 1,506.
Sand Creek Township’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and history and an A− for schools; its weakest is a C− for hazard risk. Sand Creek Township’s median age is 54.4 years, against 39.9 years in Minnesota’s towns and 40.5 years across U.S. towns. Only 9 of the 274 Minnesota towns we compare have a lower share of children under 18 than Sand Creek Township. Only 4 of Minnesota’s 572 towns score lower on civic life. Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, at 1,157 acres with 2.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. On history, just 6 of Minnesota’s 574 towns do better. Sand Creek Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Sand Creek Township beats most towns.
Where Sand Creek Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Sand Creek Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 1 old photo or paper going back to 1915.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Explore the history →Who provides power, water and the rest in Sand Creek 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Sand Creek Township.
Its public schools are run by the Southwest Metro Intermediate 288 school district. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| SWMetro JAFLargest public high schoolGrades 6–12 | Grades 6–12 | 2 | – |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Sand Creek Township for work: only 3% work in town. Jobs based in Sand Creek Township grew to 476 in 2023, 153 more than in 2013. Sand Creek Township’s average trip to work is 28 minutes, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 23 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes.
| Sand Creek Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 19% | 14% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 3.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Sand Creek Township beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 20% of adults binge drink in Sand Creek Township.
| Sand Creek Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| What stands out | Sand Creek Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
People 65 and older are 27% of residents (17% statewide); children under 18 are 14% of residents (23% statewide). 35% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 39% across Minnesota.
| Sand Creek Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aged 65 or older | 27% | 18% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 35% | 33% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.9 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Sand Creek Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.5% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 5.9% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 6.6% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 9.6% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.8% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.7% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 13% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.8% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 25.2% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.6% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.3% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,500, single groups can be off by several points
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Sand Creek Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 7° and about 40 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
11 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Sand Creek Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 6.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | 2.3 mi | 1,157 |
| 2. Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area - Thompson Ferry Unit | 0.5 mi | 66 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Sand Creek Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw27 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
11 mi Theme parkValleyfair
27 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
28 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
31 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
19 mi LakeLake MinnetonkaU.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Valleyfair: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clumpinglitter/, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Minnetonka: Dan, CC BY 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Sand Creek Township
About 3 of every 100 Sand Creek Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Township in Minnesota, United States
Sand Creek Township is a township in Scott County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,497 at the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Sand Creek Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sand Creek Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
| Jordan | #66 | A | B | A− | A− | B− |
| San Francisco Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Helena Township | — | — | B− | — | A | A− |
| Louisville Township | — | — | C+ | — | B+ | A− |
| Spring Lake Township | #154 | B+ | C− | — | A | A− |
| St. Lawrence Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Sand Creek Township, Helena Township and Louisville Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Sand Creek Township, Helena Township, Louisville Township and Spring Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. San Francisco Township and St. Lawrence Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Sand Creek Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
The typical home is worth about $522,000. 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 C+.
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