Springvale TownshipMN
A town of 1,626, settled in 1870.
Is Springvale Township a good place to live?
The best of Springvale Township’s subject grades is an A− for incomes; the weakest is a D for walkability. Only 17 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on walkability. The biggest park or preserve is Springvale County Park, at 276 acres. Springvale Township's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 81% of U.S. towns. Springvale Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
100% of working residents leave Springvale Township for work
Where Springvale Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Springvale Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Springvale Township is from typical.
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Moving to Springvale Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Springvale 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 Springvale Township.
A smaller share of working residents work locally in Springvale Township than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
0.2% of Springvale Township working residents work locally, below both the Minnesota town median (9.8%) and the median of U.S. towns (8%). Since 2013, Springvale Township has lost 169 jobs, to 178 in 2023. The average trip to work in Springvale Township is 31 minutes.
| Springvale Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 31 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 14% | 11% |
| Median household income | $104,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Springvale Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Springvale Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Springvale Township’s July high is 81°F, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 82°F and U.S. towns at 85°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
High risk in Springvale Township, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Residents of Springvale Township are healthier than 62% of U.S. towns
Springvale Township beats the Minnesota average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 29% of adults feel lonely in Springvale Township.
| Springvale Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 75% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| What stands out | Springvale Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12% | 8.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| More smokers | 16.2% | 13.1% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Springvale Township has set aside 1.2% of its land for conservation
0.7 miles of trail in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Springvale County Park | 0.5 mi | 276 |
| 2. Becklin Homestead Wildlife Management Area | — | 155 |
| 3. Spectacle Wildlife Management Area, Spectacle Lake Annex Unit | — | 56 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Springvale Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Springvale Township; the nearest are
About 4 of every 100 Springvale Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Springvale Township
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Springvale is an unincorporated community in Springvale Township, Isanti County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located at the junction of Isanti County Road 6 and Flamingo Street NW. County Roads 1 and 14 are nearby. Stanchfield Creek flows through the community. Springvale is located northwest of Cambridge.
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- Elevation
- 938 ft
Springvale Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Springvale Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springvale Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B |
| Bradford Township | #215 | B− | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Cambridge Township | #200 | B | B− | — | B− | B |
| Maple Ridge Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wyanett Township | — | — | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Cambridge | #197 | B | B− | B | B− | B |
Springvale Township and Wyanett Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Springvale Township, Bradford Township, Cambridge Township and Wyanett Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Maple Ridge Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Springvale Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Springvale Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Springvale Township, MN expensive?
The typical home is worth about $378,000. That is 3.8 years of the area's median household income ($99,833 across the Minneapolis-St. 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+.