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Silver Bay is a small town of 1,769 people in Lake County, Minnesota. It's about 54 miles from Duluth, MN and 187 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 77°F and winter highs 21°F, with about 90 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $159k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,769people
$159kTypical home
$1,140/moRent
77° / 21°Summer / winter
90"Snow
189Sunny days
128Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,769
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 232 people per sq mi
- 187 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 54 mi to Duluth, MN
- 54 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $159k (≈$1,002/mo)
- Median rent $1,140/mo
- Median household income $69k
- Property tax about 0.8% of value
- 3.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 77°F
- Winter highs around 21°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
- 128 days a year with rain or snow
- 90" of snow a year
- 24 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 71 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (44 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (85 per 100k)
People
- Median age 48
- 27% of households have kids
- 30% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 2% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 23 min
- 4% walk or take transit to work
- 53 mi to DLH airport
- 191 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 181 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 91% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1957
- 89% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 942 ft
- 530 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- Trailhead in town
- 35 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 1 golf course within 25 mi
Things to do
- 15 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 4 bars within 25 mi
- Few or no coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 2 museums within 25 mi
- No breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 51 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 20 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 51 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 47 mi to the nearest vet
- 42 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 37 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