Moorhead Township is a township in Clay County, Minnesota, home to about 149 people across 12 square miles. It has no ZIP code of its own: it’s part of 56529 and 56560.
Homes sold for a median of $161 per square foot across 2 ZIP codes in the three months ending August 2026, and all of them were seller’s markets.
Population14913 per sq mi
Median home value$407,100Census, as estimated by owners
Price per sq ft$161Sold homes, 3 months to August 2026
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Moorhead Township. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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History
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Around Moorhead Township
Distances
Nearest major airport
Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)218 miles away
Closer regional airport
Hector International Airport (FAR)5 miles away
Nearest city of 250,000+
Minneapolis, MN213 miles away
Nearest city of 1 million+
Chicago, IL567 miles away
Straight-line distances from the center of Moorhead Township; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Population over time
Moorhead Township had 184 residents in the 2020 census, down 58% since 2000.
It’s the 2087th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Clay County grew from 17,942 residents in 1900 to 65,318 in 2020.
Clay County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Weather by month
Average highs peak around 82°F in summer, and winter lows average 0°F. About 26 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year, with about 53 inches of snow.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Moorhead, MN weather station (about a mile away).
Jobs in Clay County
16,761 jobs at 1,306 businesses in Clay County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Health care
404 doctors and other health care providers list an office in Moorhead Township’s ZIP codes.
Nearest hospitals
Sanford Medical Center FargoGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 4 of 5 · Fargo1.9 miles
Fargo Va Medical CenterVA hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 5 of 5 · Fargo2.8 miles
Essentia HealthGeneral hospital · emergency room · CMS rating 3 of 5 · Fargo4.2 miles
Providers with an office here
Primary care doctors
17
Specialist doctors
1
Dentists
20
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants
37
Mental health providers
264
Physical and occupational therapists
33
Optometrists
6
Chiropractors
26
Pharmacies
14
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances; providers from the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), by practice address and primary specialty.
Places in and around Moorhead Township
Parks (47 nearby)
Southside Regional Park · 97 acres2.2 mi
Lindenwood Park · 91 acres1.7 mi
Gooseberry Park · 47 acres1.6 mi
Ponte's Park · 39 acres1.5 mi
Mickelson Park & Softball Fields · 38 acres1.7 mi
Horizon Shores Park · 37 acres1.9 mi
Grocery stores (11 nearby)
Hornbacher's0.6 mi
La Unica Mexican Market0.9 mi
Cash Wise Foods1.5 mi
Walmart Supercenter1.8 mi
Pharmacies (4 nearby)
Walgreens0.7 mi
Moorhead Drug0.7 mi
CVS Pharmacy1.5 mi
Walgreens1.7 mi
Libraries (5 nearby)
Livingston Lord Library0.2 mi
Carl B Ylvisaker Library0.8 mi
Moorhead Public Library0.9 mi
Moorhead Public Library1.0 mi
Fargo Public Library1.5 mi
Museums (6 nearby)
Comstock House0.6 mi
Rourke Art Gallery0.9 mi
Hjemkomst Center1.3 mi
Hopperstad Stave Church1.3 mi
Plains Art Museum1.8 mi
Theaters and performance venues (7 nearby)
Roland Dille Center for the Arts0.3 mi
Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre0.8 mi
Theatre B0.8 mi
Scheels Center for the Performing Arts1.3 mi
Fine Arts Club of Fargo1.5 mi
Counts are within about 2.5 miles of the center of town.
Public schools here are run by Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton, Moorhead Area Public Schools. Check each district’s attendance zones for a specific address.
Public schools(18)
School
Grades
Students
Type
Distance
Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton ElementaryDilworth
Pre-K–4
555
Public
2.5 mi
Moorhead Voluntary PreKindergartenMoorhead
Pre-K
20
Public
1.2 mi
Probstfield Center for EducationMoorhead
Pre-K
253
Special Education
1.2 mi
Dorothy Dodds Elementary SchoolMoorhead
K–4
625
Public
2.4 mi
Ellen Hopkins ElementaryMoorhead
K–4
616
Public
1.0 mi
Moorhead Online Elementary AcademyMoorhead
K–6
—
Public
1.2 mi
Probstfield ElementaryMoorhead
K–4
290
Public
1.2 mi
Robert Asp ElementaryMoorhead
K–4
580
Public
1.2 mi
S.G. Reinertsen ElementaryMoorhead
K–4
719
Public
2.5 mi
West Central Academy-NMoorhead
3–12
16
Alternative Education
2.0 mi
West Central Academy-SMoorhead
4–12
34
Alternative Education
1.2 mi
Horizon Middle SchoolMoorhead
5–8
2,158
Public
1.8 mi
Moorhead ALCMoorhead
5–12
138
Alternative Education
1.6 mi
Moorhead ALC - BarnesvilleMoorhead
7–12
—
Alternative Education
2.0 mi
Moorhead Online Secondary AcademyMoorhead
7–12
—
Public
0.7 mi
Moorhead ALC: DGF SecondaryMoorhead
9–12
—
Alternative Education
2.0 mi
Moorhead High SchoolMoorhead
9–12
2,122
Public
0.7 mi
Moorhead High School Career AcademyMoorhead
9–12
—
Career and Technical
1.6 mi
Private schools(3)
School
Grades
Students
Affiliation
Distance
St Joseph Elementary SchoolMoorhead
Pre-K–8
177
Roman Catholic
0.5 mi
St Josephs SchoolMoorhead
Pre-K–8
177
Roman Catholic
0.5 mi
Park Christian SchoolMoorhead
K–12
605
Christian (no specific denomination)
0.7 mi
Source: U.S. Department of Education, NCES: Common Core of Data (2024-2025) for public schools; Private School Universe Survey (2023-2024) for private schools. Listed by address; we don’t rate schools.
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