Vermillion TownshipMN
A town of 1,257.
Is Vermillion Township a good place to live?
Vermillion Township’s best subject grades are an A+ for incomes and an A− for health. On civic life, just 18 of Minnesota’s 572 towns do worse. The biggest park or preserve is Vermillion River AMA, at 142 acres. On the outdoors, just 47 of Minnesota’s 575 towns do worse. Vermillion Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Vermillion Township stand out
Where Vermillion Township beats most towns.
1,257 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
How Vermillion Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Vermillion Township is from typical.
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Moving to Vermillion Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Vermillion 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 Vermillion Township.
Vermillion Township ranks healthier than 79% of the country’s towns
29% of adults feel lonely in Vermillion Township, below both Minnesota’s towns (30%) and U.S. towns (33%). For adults locally, the share who sleep under 7 hours is 28%.
| Vermillion Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 19% |
| What stands out | Vermillion Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9% | 11.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.5% | 9.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
With only 0.3 jobs per working resident, most people in Vermillion Township work out of town
For most workers, Vermillion Township is a place to come home to: only 1% work in town. The typical household income locally is $126,000. 3% of residents live below the poverty line locally, below both the Minnesota town median (7%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). The top destinations are St. Paul (9%), Hastings (8%) and Minneapolis (7%).
| Vermillion Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $126,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Work from home | 15% | 14% | 11% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Vermillion Township brings snowy winters and pleasant summers
In July, afternoons reach 82°; in January, nights fall to 7°, and about 41 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Natural hazards: moderate risk in Vermillion Township, mostly inland flooding
Paid flood insurance claims in Vermillion Township since 1997: 4. On expected storm and flood damage, Vermillion Township sits below three fifths of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects locally, 51% come from inland flooding and 18% from tornadoes. Households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2012.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Vermillion Township has set aside 2.8% of its land for conservation
In 2 parks and preserves, walkers have 1.3 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vermillion River AMA | — | 142 |
| 2. South Branch Vermillion River AMA | — | 64 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Homes in Vermillion Township are worth about $347K, by Zillow’s estimate
Among households in Vermillion Township, 88% live in a home they own. Home values are up 3% over the year to September 2026. The town’s rent at the middle of the market stands at $1,150 a month.
| Vermillion Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,150 a month | $1,196 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
U.S. Bank Stadium and 70 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Vermillion Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaU.S. Bank Stadium
21 mi Stadium & arenaGrand Casino Arena
25 mi Stadium & arenaHuntington Bank Stadium
27 mi Stadium & arenaTarget Field
18 mi Theme parkNickelodeon Universe
24 mi Theme parkValleyfairPhoto credits
U.S. Bank Stadium: Darb02, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Grand Casino Arena: AlexiusHoratius, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Huntington Bank Stadium: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Target Field: Lectrician2, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Nickelodeon Universe: Tyler Vigen, CC BY 4.0 · Valleyfair: https://www.flickr.com/photos/clumpinglitter/, CC BY-SA 2.0
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Everything we know about Vermillion Township
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Vermillion Township
About 2 of every 100 Vermillion Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
99% of working residents leave Vermillion Township for work
Where Vermillion Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Vermillion Township
City in Minnesota, United States
Vermillion is a city in Dakota County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 441 at the 2020 census.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 843 ft
- ZIP code
- 55085
Questions about Vermillion Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Vermillion Township, MN expensive?
Not for the area. That is 3.5 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 B+.