Tower is a tiny city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 423 people and two associated neighborhoods, Tower is the 461st largest community in Minnesota.

A relatively large number of people in Tower telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 13.30% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Tower has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Tower a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

Being a small city, Tower does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

The percentage of people in Tower with college degrees is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%: just 12.79% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Tower in 2022 was $30,307, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $121,228 for a family of four. However, Tower contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Tower home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Tower residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Tower include Slovene, German, Norwegian, Finnish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Tower is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Native American languages.