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A town of 1,734, settled in 1857.
Spencer Brook Township’s best subject grade is an A− for incomes; its weakest is a D for walkability. Spencer Brook Township’s average trip to work is 34 minutes, above both Minnesota’s towns (23 minutes) and U.S. towns (25 minutes). Only 27 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on walkability. Homes are within reach, about $338K for a typical one, or 3.4 years of the Minneapolis metro’s $100K median household income. Only 45 of Minnesota’s 575 towns score lower on the outdoors. The biggest park or preserve is Crooked Road Wildlife Management Area, at 380 acres. Spencer Brook Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Spencer Brook 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 Spencer Brook Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds a map from 1961 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spencer Brook 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 Spencer Brook Township.
0.7% of working residents work locally in Spencer Brook Township, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 9.8% and U.S. towns at 8%. 5.6% of residents live below the poverty line in Spencer Brook Township. The top destinations are Cambridge (7%), Anoka (5%) and Princeton (5%).
| Spencer Brook Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 0.7% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 9.4% | 14% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 7% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Spencer Brook Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Spencer Brook Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 20% of Spencer Brook Township adults binge drink.
| Spencer Brook Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 75% | 79% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Spencer Brook Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.7% | 8.9% |
| More smokers | 15.8% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Spencer Brook Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Spencer Brook Township is 81°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
0.3 miles of trail in 1 park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Crooked Road Wildlife Management Area | — | 380 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
None within 15 miles of Spencer Brook Township; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Spencer Brook Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Spencer Brook is an unincorporated community in Spencer Brook Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. Isanti County Roads 7 and 40 are two of the main routes in the community. Spencer Brook is located between Bradford and Princeton. The Rum River and Spencer Brook both flow through the community. Spencer Brook was one of the first communities in Isanti County, settled in the late 1850s by Yankees from the east coast, many Civil War veterans. Spencer Brook includes the historic country school and Able Hearts Community and Christian Counseling formerly Spencer Brook United Methodist Church. It was named after Benjamin Nicholson Spencer (1806-1881) who came from Turkeyfoot, PA and...
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4 towns share a border with Spencer Brook Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spencer Brook Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Stanford Township | — | — | C | — | B | B+ |
| Bradford Township | #215 | B− | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Wyanett Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Baldwin | — | — | — | — | B | — |
Spencer Brook Township, Stanford Township and Wyanett Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Spencer Brook Township, Stanford Township, Bradford Township, Wyanett Township and Baldwin report no FBI crime data of their own. Baldwin isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Spencer Brook Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Not for the area. 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 B+.