Southside TownshipMN
A town of 1,560.
Is Southside Township a good place to live?
Southside Township’s best subject grade is an A for schools; its weakest is a D for walkability. Southside Township’s average trip to work is 35 minutes, above both the Minnesota town median (23 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On walkability, just 49 of Minnesota’s 574 towns do worse. The typical home is worth about $432K, 4.3 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. The biggest park or preserve is A Shau Valley Wildlife Management Area, at 92 acres. Southside Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
98% of working residents leave Southside Township for work
Where Southside Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Southside Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Southside Township is from typical.
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Moving to Southside Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Southside 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 Southside Township.
Southside Township stands out in Minnesota and nationally: the median age there is higher
At 52.6 years, Southside Township’s median age is above both Minnesota’s towns (39.9 years) and U.S. towns (40.5 years). 25% of Southside Township residents are 65 or older. Southside Township has grown 2.4% since 2020, to 1,560 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Southside Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 52.6 years | 39.9 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 20% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 34% | 33% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Southside Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.3% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.2% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 3.2% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.6% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.3% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 19.4% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.1% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.3% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.8% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.7% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.9% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.3% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.1% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 9.1% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,600, single groups can be off by several points
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Southside Township’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Southside Township for work: only 2% work in town. Jobs based in Southside Township grew to 204 in 2023, 46 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Annandale (12%), Buffalo (9%) and St.
| Southside Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.5% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Southside Township is healthier than 70% of U.S. towns
Southside Township beats the Minnesota average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 29% of adults feel lonely in Southside Township.
| Southside Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 77% | 75% | 79% |
| What stands out | Southside Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults without reliable transportation | 6% | 7.1% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.8% | 11.4% |
| More adults with arthritis | 26.3% | 22.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Southside Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Southside Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Southside Township’s July high is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Inland flooding leads a moderate hazard risk in Southside Township
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stanley Eddy Regional Park - North Unit | — | 112 |
| 2. A Shau Valley Wildlife Management Area | — | 92 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Southside Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Southside Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Southside Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Southside Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Southside Township is in Wright County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,576 at the 2000 census. Southside Township was organized in 1868.
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- Area
- 28 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,073 ft
Southside Township’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Southside Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southside Township | — | — | C− | — | A | B+ |
| Fair Haven Township | — | — | C | — | A− | B+ |
| Fairhaven | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| French Lake Township | — | — | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Annandale | #17 | A+ | A | A− | A | B+ |
| Corinna Township | #134 | A− | C+ | — | A | B+ |
| Kingston Township | — | — | C+ | — | A− | B+ |
Southside Township, Fair Haven Township, French Lake Township and Kingston Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Southside Township, Fair Haven Township, French Lake Township, Corinna Township and Kingston Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Fairhaven isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Southside Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Southside Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Southside Township, MN expensive?
Yes. 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−.