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Ely, MN

3,240 Population
2.9 square miles 1,108 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

52.1 ±9 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 41.5 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$32,996 ±$3,399 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $40,786 ±$798
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
$43,901 ±$8,045 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $71,769 ±$1,461
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409

13.9% ±5.8% (411  ±170) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 12.7% 34,305 (±0.6% / ±1,576)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)

14.3 minutes ±1 (21,520  ±3,637) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 20.4 2,445,370 (±0.3 / ±40,851)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)

Families

1,780 ±139 Number of households
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 120,365 ±867
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
1.7 ±0.1 (2,959  ±15) Persons per household
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 2.2 268,547 (±0 / ±123)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148

8.6% ±8.7% (55  ±57) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 4.8% † 2,891 (±0.6% / ±332)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)

Housing

1,976 ±132 Number of housing units
  • the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 143,313 ±198
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535

$157,300 ±$11,148 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: $222,400 ±$2,628
  • about half the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903

16.2% ±5.7% (521  ±181.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 13.1% 36,534 (±0.6% / ±1,751.3)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)

Social

91% ±9.5% (2,261  ±276.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 94.8% 186,278 (±1.2% / ±2,295.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
31.6% ±6.2% (784  ±161.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 31.8% 62,506 (±0.7% / ±1,330.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)

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

1.9% ±1.5% (62  ±48) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 1.9% 5,331
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722

8.6% ±3.7% (256  ±111) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Duluth, MN-WI Metro Area: 7.4% 16,839 (±0.3% / ±699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
256 Total veterans ±111 235 Male ±106 21 Female ±23

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