Field notes
Sources
Every number on this site comes from one of these. Each was read on Sept 28, 2026. Lot rents are the current rents for each community.
The communities
- MHVillage, Shafer Terrace community listing, and the MHVillage pages of 11 nearby communities read 2026-09-28
- MLS listing 6765064, a home in Shafer Terrace (sold 2025-09-15) read 2026-09-28
- Coldwell Banker listing, a home in Shafer Terrace (sold 2026-02-20) read 2026-09-28
- Shafer Terrace website, archived January 2019 (rental sites page) read 2026-09-28
- Realtor.com property records, Redfield Cir, Shafer, MN 55074 read 2026-09-28
- USGS place name via TopoQuest, Redfield Court Mobile Home Park read 2026-09-28
Around Shafer
- Chisago County, Swedish Immigrant Regional Trail read 2026-09-28
- TrailLink, Swedish Immigrant Regional Trail (6.7-mile segment) read 2026-09-28
- MNopedia, Interstate State Park read 2026-09-28
- Franconia Sculpture Park read 2026-09-28
- National Park Service, St. Croix National Scenic Riverway read 2026-09-28
- Chisago Lakes Water Trail, About read 2026-09-28
- Wild Mountain read 2026-09-28
- Shafer, Minnesota (2020 census population) read 2026-09-28
- Chisago County, Transportation and Employers (undated county PDF) read 2026-09-28
- Drive times: OSRM routing from the Shafer Terrace entrance, free-flow (no traffic) read 2026-09-28
Money and rent
- RentCafe, North Branch, MN average rent (updated June 2, 2026) read 2026-09-28
- RentCafe, Forest Lake, MN average rent (updated June 2, 2026) read 2026-09-28
- RentCafe, Forest Lake, MN high-end apartments (updated Sept 28, 2026) read 2026-09-28
- Minnesota Department of Revenue, Homeowner's Homestead Credit Refund read 2026-09-28
- Minnesota Department of Revenue, Renter's Credit FAQs read 2026-09-28
- CFPB, Manufactured Housing Finance: New Insights from the HMDA Data (May 2021) read 2026-09-28
- CFPB, Find a housing counselor read 2026-09-28
Law
- Minnesota Statutes 2025, section 327C.02, subdivision 5 read 2026-09-28
- Minnesota Statutes, section 327C.07 (sales of homes in the park) read 2026-09-28
Maps
- Map data: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) read 2026-09-28
- Contour lines: Copernicus GLO-90 elevation model, sampled through Open-Meteo read 2026-09-28
How the comparisons were made
The year line and the 1-of-12, 3-of-12 and 2-of-12 counts use the MHVillage pages of the 12 manufactured-home communities nearest Shafer (Shafer Terrace plus these listings: 27926, 16084, 131179, 16232, 37787, 16293, 30371, 16082, 93569, 16287, 31074, 32582). Build years, storage and street width are as each community reports them. One listing gives no build year and isn't on the year line.
Drive times come from OSRM routing from the Shafer Terrace entrance at free-flow speed, so real trips, especially at rush hour, take longer. The elevation in the page header, about 945 feet, is read from the same elevation model as the contour lines.
The map is drawn from OpenStreetMap data (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL). It's an illustration, not a survey.