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Country around Two Harbors is a rural area of about 7,250 people in Lake County, Minnesota, named for the post office its ZIP code uses. It's about 39 miles from Duluth, MN and 175 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 18°F, with about 78 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $259k and rent runs about $1k a month.
7,250people
$259kTypical home
$1,096/moRent
75° / 18°Summer / winter
78"Snow
189Sunny days
123Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Rural — about 7,250 people spread over the area
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 15 people per sq mi
- 175 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 39 mi to Duluth, MN
- 39 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $259k (≈$1,635/mo)
- Median rent $1,096/mo
- Median household income $76k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 2.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 18°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 54°F)
- 189 sunny days a year (29 totally clear)
- 176 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 123 days a year with rain or snow
- 78" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 77 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (83 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (110 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 27% of households have kids
- 23% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 3% walk or take transit to work
- 37 mi to DLH airport
- 180 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 165 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1967
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,716 ft
- 548 mi to the ocean
- 12 mi to a big lake
- 8 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 36 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 26 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 4 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 36 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- 16 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 36 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 32 mi to the nearest vet
- 31 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 32 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Lake County: D+4 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