Windemere TownshipMN
A town of 1,667.
Is Windemere Township a good place to live?
Windemere Township’s weakest subject grade is a D for walkability. 30% of residents are 65 or older in Windemere Township, above both the Minnesota town median (18%) and the median of U.S. towns (18%). Only 48 of Minnesota’s 574 towns score lower on walkability. Only 21 of Minnesota’s 572 towns score lower on civic life. General C.C. Andrews State Forest, at 2,215 acres with 10.4 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Windemere Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
97% of working residents leave Windemere Township for work
Where Windemere Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Windemere Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Windemere Township is from typical.
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Moving to Windemere Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Windemere 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 Windemere Township.
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Windemere Township’s workers commute out
In Windemere Township, the typical journey to work is 26 minutes, against 23 minutes in Minnesota’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most people who work leave Windemere Township to do it: just 3% work in town. Since 2013, Windemere Township has added 117 jobs, to 194 in 2023. Half the trips to work are shorter than 29 miles.
| Windemere Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 3.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7.8% | 7% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Windemere Township’s year
Expect July afternoons of 79° and January nights of 1°, with about 64 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Windemere Township has set aside 10.6% of its land for conservation
Across 1 park or preserve: 23 miles of trail. The trail network density for Windemere Township comes to 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. General C.C. Andrews State Forest | 10.4 mi | 2,215 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Windemere Township than in most of Minnesota or the rest of the country
This Minnesota town does better than the Minnesota average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 12. In Windemere Township, 17% of adults binge drink. Two figures for adults here: 13% have diabetes, 17% smoke cigarettes.
| Windemere Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 31% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 10% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 14% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 36% |
| What stands out | Windemere Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 80.2% | 76.1% |
| More adults getting cholesterol checked | 87% | 85.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.6% | 5.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Windemere Township faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Three fifths of Windemere Township’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by cold waves at 29%. FEMA expects less storm and flood damage here than in 52% of U.S. communities. Federal aid has come to Windemere Township households in 3 declared disasters; the latest was in 2023.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Windemere Township
Colleges nearby
None within 15 miles of Windemere Township; the nearest are
About 2 of every 100 Windemere Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Minnesota.
About Windemere Township
Township in Minnesota, United States
Windemere Township is a township in Pine County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,489 at the 2000 census. Windemere Township was organized in 1882, and named after the Windermere lake, in England.
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- Area
- 36 sq mi
- Elevation
- 1,102 ft
Windemere Township’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Windemere Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windemere Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | C+ |
| Norman Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Moose Lake Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | C− |
| Sturgeon Lake | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sturgeon Lake Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kerrick Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Windemere Township and Moose Lake Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Windemere Township and Moose Lake Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Norman Township, Sturgeon Lake, Sturgeon Lake Township and Kerrick Township aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Windemere Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Windemere Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Windemere Township, MN expensive?
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.