Silver TownshipMN
451 people call this town in Minnesota home.
Is Silver Township a good place to live?
No town among the 274 in Minnesota we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Silver Township. Silver Township’s average trip to work is 31 minutes, above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Silver Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
451 people, and everyone knows the way
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Moving to Silver Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Silver 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 Silver Township.
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Silver Township’s workers commute out
Among residents in Silver Township, 12% live below the poverty line. Just 1% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Silver Township dropped by 22, to 14. The top destinations are Cloquet (15%), Moose Lake (13%) and Duluth (10%).
| Silver Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect snowy winters and pleasant summers in Silver Township
Silver Township’s typical July afternoon high comes in at 79°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Silver Township is cold waves, at a low overall level
Households in Silver Township have drawn federal disaster aid in 2 declared disasters, most recently in 2023. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 62% of U.S. communities. 56% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from cold waves, followed by inland flooding at 34%.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Silver Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally: a larger share of its adults smoke cigarettes
Among 272 Minnesota towns, just 9 have a higher share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Silver Township. The share of adults in Silver Township who get no exercise outside work: 30%. Two figures for adults locally: 42% have obesity, 14% have diabetes.
| Silver Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 14% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 35% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 10% | 12% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 23% | 25% |
| What stands out | Silver Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.6% | 8.9% |
| More smokers | 20.3% | 13.1% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.1% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Silver Township keeps 2.5% of its land conserved
9.0 miles of trail. For Silver Township, the concentration of trails is 0.3 miles per square mile.
| Silver Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.5% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Silver Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Silver Township; the nearest are
About 1 of every 100 Silver Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Silver Township for work
Where Silver Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Silver Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Silver Township, MN a good place to live?
Silver Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.