Township · Minnesota

Leiding Township, Minnesota

Leiding Township, township, in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Leiding Township had 400 residents on July 1, 2025 by the Census Bureau's estimate, down 0.5% since 2020; the 2020 Census counted 399 and the ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates put it at 402 (±80). GEOID 2713736332.

Residents, July 2025 estimate

400

Census Bureau estimate (no margin published)
2020 Census count: 399 · ACS 2020-2024: 402 ±80

Median household income

$68,125

±$26,770 (90% margin)
Minnesota: $89,062

Median home value

$212,500

±$58,254 (90% margin)
Minnesota: $329,300

Median gross rent

not published


Minnesota: $1,280

Where is Leiding Township and what county is it in?

Leiding Township is a township in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It covers 122.4 square miles of land, 3 residents per square mile in 2020.

Leiding Township is in the Duluth, MN-WI metropolitan statistical area, which takes in 3 counties (Census Bureau delineation, July 2023).

Leiding Township (marked with a dot) in St. Louis County, Minnesota. Boundaries: Census Bureau 2024.

Source: 2024 Gazetteer and 2020 place-by-county files, U.S. Census Bureau · Census reference files

How many people live in Leiding Township, and is it growing?

The Census Bureau estimates that 400 people lived in Leiding Township on July 1, 2025, down 0.5% since 2020, while Minnesota grew 2.2%. The 2020 Census counted 399 residents. The 2020-2024 American Community Survey, a five-year sample, puts the population at 402 (±80).

  • July 2020→2021 −2 (400)
  • 2021→2022 +0 (400)
  • 2022→2023 +1 (401)
  • 2023→2024 −1 (400)
  • 2024→2025 +0 (400)
ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (counts) with the change from 2015-2019
MeasureLeiding TownshipSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaChange since 2015-2019
Total population402±80200,1235,739,445no clear change
Households191±4587,1152,307,955no clear change
Average household size2.10±0.342.202.43no clear change
Housing units404±57104,2632,545,030no clear change

Leiding Township's population since 2000

From 452 in 2000 to 400 in 2025: down 11.5%. The 2000, 2010 and 2020 figures are census counts, each for Leiding Township as it was drawn that year: a place that annexed land, or a community that has since incorporated, covered a different area then. The 2005 figure is the Census Bureau's intercensal estimate, revised to fit the 2000 and 2010 counts and drawn on 2010 boundaries; 2015 and 2025 are July 1 estimates made from the census before them.

  • 2000 Census 452
  • 2005 (estimate) 405
  • 2010 Census 400
  • 2015 (estimate) 403
  • 2020 Census 399
  • 2025 (estimate) 400

Source: The 2000, 2010 and 2020 Census counts and the Census Bureau's population estimates (intercensal 2000-2010, Vintage 2020, Vintage 2025) · Census population estimates

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); Census PEP Vintage 2025 (SUB-EST2025, CO-EST2025); 2020 Census P.L. 94-171 · Check it at data.census.gov

Who lives in Leiding Township?

The median resident of Leiding Township is 56.3 years old; 16.9% are under 18 and 32.8% are 65 or older. The largest group is non-Hispanic white residents at 77.4%, then non-Hispanic American Indian and Alaska Native residents at 16.2%.

Age, origin, education and moves, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Race groups are non-Hispanic; Hispanic includes any race.
MeasureLeiding TownshipSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaChange since 2015-2019
Median age56.3±8.441.238.8no clear change
Under 18 years16.9%±7.1 pts18.6%22.9%–
65 years and over32.8%±9.4 pts21.4%17.3%–
Male49.3%±7.2 pts50.3%50.1%–
Hispanic or Latino (any race)0.2%±0.6 pts1.9%6.4%–
White alone, not Hispanic77.4%±7.1 pts89.5%75.9%no clear change
Black or African American alone, not Hispanic0.5%±0.6 pts1.6%6.9%–
Asian alone, not Hispanic0.0%±5.4 pts1.0%5.1%–
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic16.2%±6.6 pts1.5%0.7%–
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic0.0%±5.4 pts0.0%0.0%–
Two or more races, not Hispanic5.7%±3.4 pts4.1%4.5%–
Some other race alone, not Hispanic0.0%±5.4 pts0.3%0.5%–
Born outside the United States0.5%±0.8 pts1.9%8.7%–
Speak a language other than English at home (age 5+)0.5%±0.7 pts3.2%12.4%–
Civilian veterans (age 18+)7.2%±4.0 pts7.3%5.9%–
With a disability23.9%±8.4 pts15.6%11.6%–
No health insurance coverage5.0%±4.3 pts4.1%4.7%–
High school graduate or higher (age 25+)95.2%±3.9 pts95.1%93.9%–
Bachelor's degree or higher (age 25+)27.5%±9.0 pts33.6%39.4%+12.2 pts
Graduate or professional degree (age 25+)10.2%±9.5 pts12.2%13.8%–
Lived in the same house a year earlier93.8%±3.7 pts86.2%87.8%–
Moved from another state in the past year0.7%±0.8 pts2.4%1.8%–

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profiles DP02, DP05) · Check it at data.census.gov

What do households in Leiding Township earn?

Half of Leiding Township's 191 households earn less than $68,125 a year (±$26,770), against $70,069 in St. Louis County and $89,062 in Minnesota. In 2015-2019 it was $60,766 in 2024 dollars; the margins of error cannot tell the two periods apart. 12.4% of residents live below the poverty line.

Income and poverty in 2024 dollars, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates; 2015-2019 dollars adjusted with the R-CPI-U-RS
MeasureLeiding TownshipSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaChange since 2015-2019
Median household income$68,125±$26,770$70,069$89,062no clear change
Mean household income$90,505±$24,142$93,368$118,304–
Per capita income$43,549±$10,282$41,302$48,237no clear change
People below the poverty line12.4%±6.2 pts13.2%9.3%no clear change
Children under 18 below the poverty line4.4%±6.0 pts12.5%10.3%–
Households receiving SNAP9.9%±5.3 pts10.2%7.9%–
Households with a computer93.2%±5.9 pts94.1%95.8%–
Households with a broadband subscription90.6%±7.2 pts88.6%91.6%–

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profile DP03) · Check it at data.census.gov

What does housing cost in Leiding Township?

Owners occupy 93.7% of Leiding Township's occupied homes and renters 6.3%. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $212,500 by its owner (±$58,254).

Housing, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates. Home values are owners' own estimates.
MeasureLeiding TownshipSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaChange since 2015-2019
Median home value (owner-occupied)$212,500±$58,254$221,400$329,300no clear change
Renters paying 35% or more of income on rent0.0%±100.0 pts41.6%38.4%–
Median monthly owner costs, with a mortgage$1,242±$274$1,558$1,947–
Owner-occupied homes93.7%±5.0 pts71.2%72.2%no clear change
Renter-occupied homes6.3%±5.0 pts28.8%27.8%–
Housing units404±57104,2632,545,030no clear change
Homeowner vacancy rate1.6%±1.7 pts0.9%0.6%–
Rental vacancy rate0.0%±71.2 pts4.4%5.3%–
Single-family detached homes91.1%±7.5 pts73.2%66.0%–
Mobile homes8.2%±7.5 pts3.8%2.9%–
Built 2020 or later1.2%±1.4 pts0.8%1.9%–
Built 2010 to 20192.7%±1.9 pts5.1%8.5%–
Built 1939 or earlier3.5%±2.4 pts28.4%15.6%–
Households with no vehicle5.2%±5.4 pts8.0%6.7%–

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profile DP04) · Check it at data.census.gov

How do people in Leiding Township work and get to work?

77.5% of Leiding Township's workers drive alone. The average trip to work takes 29.9 minutes.

Work and commuting, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates (workers 16 and over)
MeasureLeiding TownshipSt. Louis CountyMinnesotaChange since 2015-2019
In the labor force (age 16+)50.1%±11.1 pts61.2%68.1%–
Unemployment rate7.9%±5.8 pts4.6%4.1%–
Drove alone to work77.5%±12.9 pts74.1%68.9%–
Carpooled11.3%±13.6 pts7.6%7.5%–
Public transportation0.7%±1.5 pts1.8%1.8%–
Walked2.1%±2.1 pts3.6%2.5%–
Worked from home5.6%±3.9 pts11.2%17.6%–
Mean travel time to work29.9 min±4.219.9 min22.7 minno clear change

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) (Data Profile DP03) · Check it at data.census.gov

What census tracts are in Leiding Township?

No census tract lies mostly in Leiding Township; 2 tracts reach into it (2020 census blocks).

Census tracts in Leiding Township, ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
TractResidents, 2020-2024Median household incomeMedian home valueShare of tract in Leiding Township
Tract 155.01St. Louis County1,402 $74,688 $227,00010%
Tract 155.03St. Louis County758 $77,000 $241,70013%

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026); 2020 block assignment files (tract share = share of the tract's census blocks in Leiding Township) · Census block assignment files

How does Leiding Township compare with other places in Minnesota?

By the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimates, Leiding Township is the 10,696th-most populous of the 16,079 U.S. towns and townships that have one and the 669th-most populous of 1,772 in Minnesota.

Leiding Township is not ranked by income or the other survey measures: those rankings include places of 1,000 or more residents (2020 Census) with a reliable estimate.

Leiding Township's rank in Minnesota (1 = highest): by population among the state's towns and townships with a 2025 estimate; by the other measures among places of 1,000+ residents with a reliable estimate
MeasureRankOf
Population, July 2025 estimate669th1,772

Leiding Township's figures with every place in Minnesota (CSV)

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Source: PlainCities ranks computed from the American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026) and PEP Vintage 2025 · How ranks are computed

How reliable are the figures for Leiding Township?

25 of the 56 figures for Leiding Township on this page carry a coefficient of variation over 40% and are marked with a ring: they come from a small sample, so read them as rough.

The American Community Survey samples about one household in eight over five years, so every figure is an estimate with a 90% margin of error (shown under each value). A ring marks an estimate whose coefficient of variation is over 40%. A change is called only when the gap between the two periods is larger than their combined 90% margin (the square root of the sum of the two squared margins), the Census Bureau's test. How to read a margin of error.

Source: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (released January 2026): margins of error as published · ACS technical documentation

How these figures are made: methodology and release checks · reading a margin of error · every state · corrections

Not on this page: crime, weather and schools for Leiding Township are other agencies' records. Crime: the FBI's Crime Data Explorer · climate: NOAA's U.S. Climate Normals · schools: the National Center for Education Statistics' school search.