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Duluth Metro

Duluth, MN-WI · 3 counties · 281,219 residents (2025 est.) · 8,414 sq mi
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Duluth is home to 280,870 people. Few US metro areas rank higher on income. 2% of people across the metro were born outside the United States. Density works out to 33 people per square mile. Home values have roughly tripled since 2000, reaching $222,025. Owners hold 72% of the housing stock.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 41.5
US median: 38.9
Average education
32% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 62%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
280,870
+2%since 2000
from 275,486 in 2000
281,219 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
33 / sq mi
+2%since 2000
from 33 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
41.5
+7%since 2000
from 38.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
8,414 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
268K272K275K279K282K19902000201020202024Duluth
2024281K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 54.7%(13,142)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 95.2%(14,712)
US avg: 6%
10 to 145.6%(15,651)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 196.6%(18,649)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 247.9%(22,171)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3411.6%(32,639)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.4%(34,826)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5411.3%(31,658)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6413.8%(38,752)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7412.7%(35,731)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.8%(16,258)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over2.4%(6,681)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$72,227
+8%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $36,563 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$40,786
+118%since 2000
from $18,666 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
48.4%
+23.9 ptssince 2009
from 24.5% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
12.7%
+1.2 ptssince 2000
from 11.4% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.448
+3%since 2010
from 0.433 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Information12.3%
US avg: 10.8%
Retail trade8%
US avg: 9.9%
Wholesale trade6.6%
US avg: 6.9%
Finance & insurance6.3%
US avg: 5.9%
Other services5%
US avg: 6.7%
Professional, scientific, technical4.9%
US avg: 5.1%
Public administration3.8%
US avg: 4.8%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing2.5%
US avg: 1.6%
Transportation & warehousing1.8%
US avg: 2.2%
Manufacturing1.6%
US avg: 0.4%
Education & health services1.4%
US avg: 0.9%
Arts, entertainment, food1.2%
US avg: 1.9%
Construction0.9%
US avg: 1.2%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$222,025
+62%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $75,336 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$996
+33%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $412 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
72.4%
−2.5 ptssince 2000
from 75.0% in 2000
27.6% rent
Vacancy rate
15.9%
+1.4 ptssince 2009
from 14.6% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.23 people
Unchangedsince 2009
from 2.24 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
18.4%
−5.4 ptssince 2009
from 23.8% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
46.1%
−1.7 ptssince 2009
from 47.8% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.1
Unchangedsince 2009
from 3.1 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
59
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic94.1%(259,302)
Black0.8%(2,218)
Hispanic / Latino0.8%(2,178)
Asian0.6%(1,710)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic89.2%(250,510)
Black1.6%(4,419)
Hispanic / Latino1.9%(5,467)
Asian0.9%(2,587)
Other6.4%(17,887)
Diversity Score
25
+51%since 2009
from 17 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
28
−12%since 2020
from 32 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican1.1%(3,179)
Puerto Rican0.1%(395)
Salvadoran0.2%(372)
Cuban0.1%(189)
Spaniard0.1%(184)
Guatemalan0.1%(166)
Colombian0.1%(142)
Chilean0%(94)
Honduran0%(80)
+ 7 more hispanic origin groups with data
Asian origin
Chinese0.2%(702)
Asian Indian0.2%(484)
Korean0.1%(342)
Hmong0.1%(273)
Vietnamese0.1%(231)
Filipino0.1%(197)
Cambodian0%(78)
Japanese0%(49)
Nepalese0%(38)
Laotian0%(31)
Burmese0%(27)
Thai0%(21)
+ 5 more asian origin groups with data
Pacific Islander origin
Samoan0%(77)
Chamorro0%(29)
Ancestry
German22.2%(62,372)
Norwegian11.8%(33,175)
Swedish9.9%(27,883)
Finnish9.9%(27,798)
Irish9.5%(26,700)
English7.1%(19,899)
Polish5.6%(15,788)
Italian3.9%(11,039)
French2.9%(8,041)
American2.9%(8,033)
French Canadian1.3%(3,579)
Scottish1.2%(3,258)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Czech1%(2,939)
Slovene1%(2,885)
Dutch1%(2,856)
Danish0.9%(2,443)
Croatian0.8%(2,296)
Scotch-Irish0.5%(1,415)
Welsh0.4%(1,063)
Belgian0.4%(1,005)
Russian0.3%(965)
Austrian0.3%(918)
Swiss0.3%(917)
Serbian0.3%(854)
British0.3%(730)
Slovak0.2%(655)
Greek0.2%(637)
Arab0.2%(597)
Ukrainian0.2%(573)
Hungarian0.2%(468)
Romanian0.1%(392)
Lithuanian0.1%(325)
Canadian0.1%(314)
Portuguese0.1%(265)
Somali0.1%(262)
Lebanese0.1%(247)
West Indian0.1%(237)
Kenyan0.1%(222)
Latvian0.1%(149)
Syrian0.1%(133)
Turkish0%(112)
Ethiopian0%(105)
Haitian0%(103)
Iranian0%(101)
Nigerian0%(90)
Iraqi0%(68)
Jamaican0%(64)
Ghanaian0%(48)
Armenian0%(42)
Bulgarian0%(36)
Israeli0.1%(22)
Guyanese0%(21)
Jordanian0%(16)
Egyptian0%(10)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
31.8%
+11.3 ptssince 2000
from 20.5% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
94.8%
+8.1 ptssince 2000
from 86.7% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
11.2%
+5.0 ptssince 2000
from 6.2% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
20.4 min
+57%since 2000
from 13.0 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
75.0%
−4.5 ptssince 2009
from 79.5% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
7.9%
−1.8 ptssince 2009
from 9.7% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
1.4%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 1.8% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
10.6%
+6.7 ptssince 2009
from 3.9% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
3.3%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 3.7% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.5%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.6% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
7.7%
−0.4 ptssince 2009
from 8.0% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.4%
−3.6 ptssince 2011
from 8.0% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
61.1%
−2.3 ptssince 2011
from 63.4% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
78.8%
+1.0 ptssince 2020
from 77.8% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
16.4%
+0.7 ptssince 2009
from 15.7% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
39.0%
+6.6 ptssince 2009
from 32.4% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
50.8%
+1.1 ptssince 2009
from 49.7% in 2009
Female
49.2%
−1.1 ptssince 2009
from 50.3% in 2009
Foreign born
1.9%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 1.7% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
7.4%
−5.0 ptssince 2009
from 12.4% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
15.4%
+2.3 ptssince 2012
from 13.2% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
4.1%
−4.6 ptssince 2013
from 8.8% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
88.4%
+15.2 ptssince 2017
from 73.2% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
94.3%
+4.5 ptssince 2020
from 89.8% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
86.9%
+2.0 ptssince 2020
from 84.9% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
96.9%
+0.7 ptssince 2016
from 96.2% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
1.1%
+0.1 ptssince 2016
from 1.0% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married38%(45,607)
Married47.8%(57,390)
Widowed2.7%(3,231)
Divorced11.6%(13,925)
Women 15+
Never married29.8%(34,898)
Married48.5%(56,807)
Widowed9.1%(10,653)
Divorced12.7%(14,854)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
4.1%
−4.6 ptssince 2013
from 8.8% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
58.4%
−1.6 ptssince 2020
from 60.1% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
17.2%
+0.1 ptssince 2020
from 17.1% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
22.3%
+1.5 ptssince 2020
from 20.8% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
20.1%
+0.7 ptssince 2020
from 19.4% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
3.2%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 3.4% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
74.0%
−1.1 ptssince 2020
from 75.1% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
40.3%
+1.8 ptssince 2020
from 38.5% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)20.8%(3,504)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)20%(3,362)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era38.2%(6,439)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War5.6%(938)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(177)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 16,839 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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In this metro

Largest cities

DuluthCENTRAL88,330Superior26,397Hibbing15,823Cloquet12,399Hermantown10,110Virginia8,187Chisholm4,625Rice Lake4,169Eveleth3,381Ely3,231Proctor3,054Moose Lake2,948Mountain Iron2,835Hoyt Lakes1,978Esko1,813Gilbert1,644Aurora1,643Babbitt1,363Lake Nebagamon1,134Scanlon989Biwabik970Carlton965Buhl946Solon Springs674Superior664Poplar626Barnum605Cook515Floodwood511Wrenshall457

The 30 most populous of 49 cities and towns in this metro. CENTRAL marks the metro's principal cities.

What's inside

3 component counties

St. Louis CountyCENTRAL200,518Douglas CountyCENTRAL43,990Carlton County36,711
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Duluth, MN-WI?

Duluth, MN-WI has about 280,870 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Duluth, MN-WI?

The typical household in Duluth, MN-WI earns about $72,227 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Duluth, MN-WI expensive?

In Duluth, MN-WI, the median home is worth about $222,025, and the typical rent is about $996 a month.

How educated are people in Duluth, MN-WI?

About 31.8% of adults age 25 and over in Duluth, MN-WI hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Duluth, MN-WI?

About 12.7% of people in Duluth, MN-WI live below the federal poverty line.

Has Duluth, MN-WI grown since 1990?

Yes, Duluth, MN-WI has grown since 1990. The population has added about 11,640 residents, a change of about 4 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · METRO ROLLUP OF COMPONENT COUNTIES · UPDATED 2024

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