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Grand Marais is a small town of 1,796 people in Cook County, Minnesota. It's about 108 miles from Duluth, MN and 238 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 68°F and winter highs 22°F, with about 51 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $311k and rent runs about $900 a month.
1,796people
$311kTypical home
$900/moRent
68° / 22°Summer / winter
51"Snow
189Sunny days
113Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,796
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 617 people per sq mi
- 238 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 108 mi to Duluth, MN
- 108 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $311k (≈$1,958/mo)
- Median rent $900/mo
- Median household income $71k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 68°F
- Winter highs around 22°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 53°F)
- 189 sunny days a year (29 totally clear)
- 176 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 113 days a year with rain or snow
- 51" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 57 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (177 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (515 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 46
- 24% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 43% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 1% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 13 min
- 13% walk or take transit to work
- 96 mi to CMX airport
- 242 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 234 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 84% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1971
- 92% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 896 ft
- 476 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 18 mi to the nearest ski area
- 2 mi to the nearest campground
- 2 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 12 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- Few or no bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 3 museums within 25 mi
- 2 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 90 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 22% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 19 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 91 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 71 mi to the nearest dog park
- 11 congregations per 10k people
- 66 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Cook County: D+35 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- Very low tornado risk
- Moderate 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