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A town of 1,839, settled in 1879.
Webster Township’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and schools and an A− for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. 99% of households own their home in Webster Township, where Minnesota’s towns sit at 75% and U.S. towns at 73%. Church of the Annunciation-Catholic is on the National Register of Historic Places. Webster Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Webster 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 Webster Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
The archive holds 2 maps from 1960 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Webster 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 Webster Township.
The typical Webster Township home is worth about $561,000, up 5.2% in a year, 61% above the Minnesota typical home.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Webster Township beats the Minnesota average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 28% of Webster Township adults feel lonely, below both Minnesota’s towns (30%) and U.S. towns (33%). 29% of adults sleep under 7 hours in Webster Township.
| Webster Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 30% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 30% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 19% |
| What stands out | Webster Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.9% | 11.4% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.5% | 9.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Webster Township for work: only 2% work in town. The median household income in Webster Township is $120,000. Since 2013, Webster Township has added 56 jobs, to 334 in 2023.
| Webster Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 7% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Webster Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Webster Township’s July high is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 53% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
1.2 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Peat Bog Wildlife Management Area, at 150 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Webster Township Park | 0.7 mi | 25 |
| 2. Peat Bog Wildlife Management Area | 0.1 mi | 150 |
| 3. Esker Wildlife Management Area | — | 46 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
2 within 15 miles of the center of Webster Township
About 3 of every 100 Webster Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
Unincorporated community in Minnesota, United States
Webster is an unincorporated community in Webster Township, Rice County, Minnesota, United States. The community is located at the junction of Rice County Roads 3 and 5. Porter Creek flows through the community.
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4 towns share a border with Webster Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Webster Township | — | — | C | — | A | A− |
| Forest Township | — | — | C+ | — | B− | B+ |
| Wheatland Township | — | — | B− | — | A− | A− |
| Lonsdale | #19 | A+ | B− | A | A− | A− |
| Greenvale Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Webster Township, Forest Township and Wheatland Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Webster Township, Forest Township and Wheatland Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Greenvale Township isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Webster Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 6.7 years of the area's median household income ($83,181 across the Faribault-Northfield, MN 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.