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Mountain Iron is a small town of 2,860 people in St. Louis County, Minnesota. It's about 57 miles from Duluth, MN and 181 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 17°F, with about 69 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $193k and rent runs about $918 a month.
2,860people
$193kTypical home
$918/moRent
77° / 17°Summer / winter
69"Snow
213Sunny days
124Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 2,860
- Its own small hub, not a suburb
- About 42 people per sq mi
- 181 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 57 mi to Duluth, MN
- 18 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $193k (≈$1,216/mo)
- Median rent $918/mo
- Median household income $83k
- Property tax about 0.9% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 17°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 213 sunny days a year (57 totally clear)
- 152 cloudy days a year
- 45 of 90 winter days are gray
- 124 days a year with rain or snow
- 69" of snow a year
- 26 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 81 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (177 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,883 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 48
- 24% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 25% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 18 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to HIB airport
- 186 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 154 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 70% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1974
- 90% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 1,506 ft
- 575 mi to the ocean
- 55 mi to a big lake
- 24 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 15 mi to the nearest ski area
- 4 mi to the nearest campground
- 10 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 38 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 13 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 6 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 57 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 33% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 17 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 8 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 4 mi to the nearest vet
- 6 mi to the nearest dog park
- 8 congregations per 10k people
- 46 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