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Baudette is a small town of 1,139 people in Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It's about 127 miles from Grand Forks, ND and 266 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 79°F and winter highs 16°F, with about 52 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $174k and rent runs about $899 a month.
1,139people
$174kTypical home
$899/moRent
79° / 16°Summer / winter
52"Snow
225Sunny days
109Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,139
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 269 people per sq mi
- 266 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 127 mi to Grand Forks, ND
- 86 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $174k (≈$1,095/mo)
- Median rent $899/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 79°F
- Winter highs around 16°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 225 sunny days a year (55 totally clear)
- 140 cloudy days a year
- 40 of 90 winter days are gray
- 109 days a year with rain or snow
- 52" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 83 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
People
- Median age 42
- 19% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 37% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 14 min
- 6% walk or take transit to work
- 55 mi to INL airport
- 273 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 143 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 60% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1982
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,086 ft
- 571 mi to the ocean
- 11 mi to a big lake
- 66 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 74 mi to the nearest ski area
- 9 mi to the nearest campground
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 3 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 1 museum within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 54 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 27% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 8 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 84 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 54 mi to the nearest vet
- 88 mi to the nearest dog park
- 21 congregations per 10k people
- 86 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake of the Woods County: R+47 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Very low flood risk
- Low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Very low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk