Spring Prairie TownshipMN
A town of 507.
Is Spring Prairie Township a good place to live?
12% of residents are under 18 in Spring Prairie Township, below both Minnesota’s towns (23%) and U.S. towns (22%). No town among the 274 in Minnesota we compare has a higher median age than Spring Prairie Township. Spring Prairie Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
507 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Spring Prairie Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Spring Prairie 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 Spring Prairie Township.
The schools Spring Prairie Township’s kids attend
Its public schools are run by the Hawley Public School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Prairie ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–6 | Grades K–6 | 26 | B |
NCES · EDFacts
About one in three of Spring Prairie Township’s working residents commute to Fargo
Most working residents leave Spring Prairie Township for work: only 2% work in town. At 29 minutes, Spring Prairie Township’s average trip to work is where Minnesota’s towns sit at 23 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. The top destinations are Fargo (31%), Hawley (12%) and Moorhead (11%).
| Spring Prairie Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.9% | 9.8% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
High risk in Spring Prairie Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Spring Prairie Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Spring Prairie Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The July high in Spring Prairie Township is 82°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Spring Prairie Township is
Spring Prairie Township beats the Minnesota average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 19% of adults binge drink in Spring Prairie Township.
| Spring Prairie Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Spring Prairie Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults seeing a dentist | 71.1% | 67.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Spring Prairie Township has set aside 3.6% of its land for conservation
7.1 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Spring Prairie Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.6% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Fargodome and 5 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Spring Prairie Township. Close and well known come first.
15 mi Stadium & arenaFargodome
15 mi MuseumPlains Art Museum
15 mi MuseumFargo Air Museum
19 mi Zoo & aquariumRed River Zoo
21 mi MuseumBonanzaville, USA
14 mi MuseumRourke Art MuseumPhoto credits
Fargodome: Bobak Ha'Eri, CC BY 3.0 · Plains Art Museum: AJ LEON, CC BY 2.0 · Fargo Air Museum: Fargo-Moorhead CVB, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Red River Zoo: BrielleMary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Bonanzaville, USA: Fargo-Moorhead CVB, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Rourke Art Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0
Everything we know about Spring Prairie Township
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Spring Prairie Township
About 2 of every 100 Spring Prairie Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Every workday, about 340 people come to Spring Prairie Township for work
Where Spring Prairie Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Spring Prairie Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Spring Prairie Township is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 506, up from 368 at the previous census. The township is notable for being the home of an established Hutterite colony, called Spring Prairie Colony. As a result about a fourth (25.7%) of the township speak an other than English or Spanish Indo-European language, most likely the Hutterite German.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 955 ft
Questions about Spring Prairie Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Spring Prairie Township, MN a good place to live?
Spring Prairie Township has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.