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Pillager is a tiny town of 547 people in Cass County, Minnesota. It's about 57 miles from St. Cloud, MN and 111 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 19°F, with about 48 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $180k and rent runs about $1k a month.
547people
$180kTypical home
$1,063/moRent
80° / 19°Summer / winter
48"Snow
226Sunny days
105Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Tiny town of 547
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 644 people per sq mi
- 111 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 57 mi to St. Cloud, MN
- 13 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $180k (≈$1,137/mo)
- Median rent $1,063/mo
- Median household income $68k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 5.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 19°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 226 sunny days a year (63 totally clear)
- 139 cloudy days a year
- 41 of 90 winter days are gray
- 105 days a year with rain or snow
- 48" of snow a year
- 17 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 71 nights a year below 10°F
- Windier than most places
Safety
- Very low violent crime (122 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (262 per 100k)
People
- Median age 41
- 24% of households have kids
- 24% are 65 or older
- 24% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 2% walk or take transit to work
- 17 mi to BRD airport
- 117 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 55 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 82% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1979
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,207 ft
- 693 mi to the ocean
- 31 mi to a big lake
- 16 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 9 mi to the nearest ski area
- 3 mi to the nearest campground
- 16 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 74 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 25 bars within 25 mi
- 12 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 5 museums within 25 mi
- 3 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 73 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 32% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- 11 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 54 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 11 mi to the nearest vet
- 9 mi to the nearest dog park
- 12 congregations per 10k people
- 52 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cass County: R+33 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk