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Ely, MN

3,265 Population
2.9 square miles 1,116.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.3 ±5.3 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 41.7 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.5 ±0.2

Economics

$31,318 ±$3,092 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $37,319 ±$818
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $44,947 ±$204
$47,095 ±$14,095 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $67,612 ±$1,273
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Minnesota: $84,313 ±$348

13.6% ±6.2% (404  ±183) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 13% 36,599 (±0.5% / ±1,398)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 516,284 (±0.2% / ±8,477)

12.9 minutes ±2 (19,945  ±3,777) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 20.4 2,597,020 (±0.3 / ±45,027)
  • about half the figure in Minnesota: 23.3 59,047,540 (±0.1 / ±291,916)

Families

1,644 ±128 Number of households
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 123,473 ±864
  • Minnesota: 2,256,126 ±5,182
1.8 ±0.1 (2,971  ±18) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.3 278,187 (±0 / ±115)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Minnesota: 2.5 5,559,006

1.3% ±1.5% (9  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 4.4% † 2,754 (±0.6% / ±353)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 5.7% 72,855 (±0.1% / ±1,692)

Housing

1,999 ±146 Number of housing units
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 149,788 ±235
  • Minnesota: 2,493,956 ±1,093

$157,400 ±$10,827 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $193,600 ±$2,778
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $286,800 ±$744

18% ±5% (585  ±,164.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 13.5% 38,860 (±0.6% / ±1,679.1)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 13.1% 737,388 (±0.2% / ±9,047.3)

Social

89.8% ±10.2% (2,096  ±,265.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.6% 192,178 (±1.2% / ±2,361.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.7% 3,631,167 (±0.3% / ±12,035.6)
32.1% ±6.5% (750  ±,156.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 29.9% 60,751 (±0.6% / ±1,285.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 38.2% 1,479,840 (±0.2% / ±7,795.1)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

1.8% ±1.6% (59  ±53) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 1.9% 5,548
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.5% 481,922

8.7% ±3.7% (251  ±108) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 7.9% 18,507 (±0.3% / ±662)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.3% 276,071 (±0.1% / ±3,148)
251 Total veterans ±108 243 Male ±107 8 Female ±12

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