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Ely, MN

3,239 Population
2.9 square miles 1,107.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.7 ±7.1 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$33,032 ±$3,159 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $39,265 ±$827
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$46,042 ±$15,021 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $71,067 ±$1,408
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

15.9% ±6.2% (467  ±182) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.6% 34,173 (±0.6% / ±1,495)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

14.7 minutes ±1.7 (22,860  ±3,947) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 20.6 2,510,370 (±0.3 / ±46,483)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,735 ±164 Number of households
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 119,183 ±960
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
1.7 ±0.2 (2,946  ±36) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.3 268,090 (±0 / ±133)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

10% ±11.2% (69  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 4.4% † 2,635 (±0.5% / ±327)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

2,020 ±147 Number of housing units
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 142,751 ±294
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$150,800 ±$16,760 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $208,900 ±$2,988
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

16.9% ±5.5% (542  ±175.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.9% 35,906 (±0.6% / ±1,720.2)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

90% ±10% (2,218  ±275) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.7% 185,592 (±1.2% / ±2,383.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
34.1% ±6.2% (840  ±159.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 30.8% 60,349 (±0.7% / ±1,338.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

3.1% ±2.5% (100  ±80) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 2% 5,502
  • about one-third of the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

8% ±3.5% (238  ±104) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 7.5% 16,902 (±0.3% / ±701)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
238 Total veterans ±104 230 Male ±100 8 Female ±14

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