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Country around Cook is a rural area of about 1,927 people in St. Louis County, Minnesota, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 81 miles from Duluth, MN and 200 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 16°F, with about 63 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $190k and rent runs about $550 a month.
1,927people
$190kTypical home
$550/moRent
77° / 16°Summer / winter
63"Snow
213Sunny days
155Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 1,927 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 5 people per sq mi
- 200 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 81 mi to Duluth, MN
- 31 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $190k (≈$1,196/mo)
- Median rent $550/mo
- Median household income $65k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 7.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 16°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 213 sunny days a year (57 totally clear)
- 152 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 155 days a year with rain or snow
- 63" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 89 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (177 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,883 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 60
- 16% of households have kids
- 36% are 65 or older
- 27% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 24 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 31 mi to HIB airport
- 205 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 157 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 88% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1977
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,316 ft
- 572 mi to the ocean
- 38 mi to a big lake
- 25 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 31 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 29 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 5 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
- 59 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 43% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- 8 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 24 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 27 mi to the nearest vet
- 28 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 51 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- St. Louis County: D+14 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Very 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