Duluth

Population & Demographics

Duluth, MN

Duluth is home to 87,093 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 37,038 resident workers commute each day.

MinnesotaCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
87,093
people
Population

87,093 residents

Median age 35.2 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Duluth population & demographics

Who lives in Duluth — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
87,093
Median age
35.2yrs
Median household income
$68,807
Median home value
$242,700
Median gross rent
$1,087/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
44.0%
Poverty rate
16.8%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Duluth

How Duluth breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

White86.6%
Two or more races4.7%
Black2.7%
Hispanic or Latino2.6%
Asian1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native1.3%
Some other race0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.0%

Race across Duluth

Each dot is a group of people, placed in their 2020 Census block and colored by race or ethnicity — the pattern shows where groups live across Duluth.

Duluth at a glance
Employed Residents
37,038
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
5.4mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
63.0%
Share working within the area
Work from home
13.2%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
Superior
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Duluth proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Duluth commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

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Commute Score

82 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Duluth

37,038 commutes, one dot at a time

Duluth

Where 37,038 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Duluth, by worker count.

1Duluth0.0 mi23,329
2Superior5.4 mi2,013
3Hermantown5.3 mi1,702
4Cloquet16.7 mi761
5Minneapolis137.3 mi550
6Minnetonka143.1 mi440
7Proctor5.7 mi416
8Rice Lake6.8 mi400

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Duluth.

1Duluth0.0 mi23,329
2Superior5.4 mi3,608
3Hermantown5.3 mi2,420
4Cloquet16.7 mi1,489
5Rice Lake6.8 mi1,143
6Minneapolis137.3 mi996
7Proctor5.7 mi774
8St. Paul135.1 mi598

Top industries

The sectors that employ Duluth’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance29.5%
TRTransportation and Warehousing11.5%
EDEducational Services9.3%
AFAccommodation and Food Services8.3%
RTRetail Trade7.8%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services6.1%
PAPublic Administration4.5%
OSOther Services (except Public Administration)3.8%
MFManufacturing3.6%
Connectivity

Internet options for Duluth

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

11 providers · 3 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps~all homes
2 Gbps22%
5 Gbps
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Duluth

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).