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Two Harbors is a small town of 3,567 people in Lake County, Minnesota. It's about 28 miles from Duluth, MN and 162 miles from Minneapolis, MN, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 75°F and winter highs 24°F, with about 62 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $207k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,567people
$207kTypical home
$1,079/moRent
75° / 24°Summer / winter
62"Snow
189Sunny days
127Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 3,567
- A standalone small town, not a suburb
- About 1,090 people per sq mi
- 162 mi to Minneapolis, MN
- 28 mi to Duluth, MN
- 28 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $207k (≈$1,304/mo)
- Median rent $1,079/mo
- Median household income $66k
- Property tax about 0.7% of value
- 1.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 75°F
- Winter highs around 24°F
- Comfortable summers (dew point 55°F)
- 189 sunny days a year (29 totally clear)
- 176 cloudy days a year
- 54 of 90 winter days are gray
- 127 days a year with rain or snow
- 62" of snow a year
- 20 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 49 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Very low violent crime (68 per 100k)
- Very low property crime (96 per 100k)
People
- Median age 41
- 30% of households have kids
- 21% are 65 or older
- 23% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 6% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 27 min
- 7% walk or take transit to work
- 28 mi to DLH airport
- 166 mi to MSP (major hub)
- 155 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 71% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1951
- 88% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 738 ft
- 556 mi to the ocean
- 1 mi to a big lake
- 5 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 25 mi to the nearest ski area
- Campground in town
- 5 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 31 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 7 bars within 25 mi
- 4 coffee shops within 25 mi
- No music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 7 museums within 25 mi
- 1 brewery or distillery within 25 mi
- 25 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 38% of Minnesota districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 15 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 25 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 21 mi to the nearest vet
- 21 mi to the nearest dog park
- 13 congregations per 10k people
- 21 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