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Moose Lake is a small town of 2,863 people in Carlton County, Minnesota. It's about 37 miles from Duluth, MN and 106 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 80°F and winter highs 20°F, with about 64 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $205k and rent runs about $907 a month.
2,863people
$205kTypical home
$907/moRent
80° / 20°Summer / winter
64"Snow
223Sunny days
100Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,863
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 873 people per sq mi
- 106 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 37 mi to Duluth, MN
- 23 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $205k (≈$1,293/mo)
- Median rent $907/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.2% of value
- 11.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 80°F
- Winter highs around 20°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 56°F)
- 223 sunny days a year (62 totally clear)
- 142 cloudy days a year
- 42 of 90 winter days are gray
- 100 days a year with rain or snow
- 64" of snow a year
- 19 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 66 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (126 per 100k), county-wide
- Very low property crime (320 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 44
- 21% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 12% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 22 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 38 mi to DLH airport
- 111 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 90 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 62% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1963
- 84% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Flat, open land
- Elevation 1,060 ft
- 621 mi to the ocean
- 38 mi to a big lake
- 22 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 27 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 19 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 9 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
- 40 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the top 39% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 1 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 40 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 24 mi to the nearest vet
- 11 mi to the nearest dog park
- 9 congregations per 10k people
- 21 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Carlton County: R+3 in 2024
- Minnesota: D+4 in 2024
Natural hazards
- Very low hurricane risk
- 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