Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Duluth Township’s best subject grade is an A for health; its weakest is a C− for walkability. Duluth Township’s July high is 77°F, below both the Minnesota town median (82°F) and the median of U.S. towns (85°F). Duluth Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Duluth Township beats most towns.
Census counts: 80 in 1860, 86,697 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1870 and 3 maps from 1953 on.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Minnesota), ordered by how far Duluth Township is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Duluth Township, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Duluth Township.
Duluth Township beats the Minnesota average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 14% of adults report frequent mental distress in Duluth Township, against 16% in Minnesota’s towns and 17% across U.S. towns. 19% of Duluth Township adults binge drink.
| Duluth Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 16% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 23% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Duluth Township | MN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 11.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.2% | 7.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by North Shore Community School. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Shore Community SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 355 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within MN on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Duluth Township for work: only 5% work in town. Duluth Township’s median household income is $116,000. Jobs based in Duluth Township grew to 389 in 2023, 176 more than in 2013.
| Duluth Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $116,000 | $90,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 23 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 7.4% | 14% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 5.2% | 9.8% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Duluth Township has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. The January low in Duluth Township is 1°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 64% of U.S. communities. Since 1993, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Duluth Township.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Adults 35 to 64 are 34% of residents (38% statewide). Duluth Township has grown 4.4% since 2020, to 2,121 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 38% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Duluth Township.
| Duluth Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 33% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.7 points. Across Minnesota, 49.9% of residents are women.
| Duluth Township | MN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.4% | 12.1% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.6% | 8.8% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 14.3% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.5% | 13.5% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 11.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.7% | 12.9% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.3% | 10.2% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 6.1% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 23.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.3% | 19.5% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 12.4% | 11.8% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.8% | 25.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 17.7% | 13.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,100, single groups can be off by several points
16 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Duluth Township | Minnesota towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.5 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.2% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McQuade Small Craft Harbor | — | 4 |
| 2. French River Hatchery | 0.1 mi | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Duluth Township. Close and well known come first.
29 mi LighthouseSplit Rock Lighthouse
39 mi National LakeshoreApostle Islands National Lakeshore261K visitors a year
17 mi MuseumLake Superior Railroad Museum
17 mi Zoo & aquariumGreat Lakes Aquarium
23 mi State parkGooseberry Falls State Park
11 mi MuseumTwo Harbors LighthouseSplit Rock Lighthouse: Jim Sorbie, CC BY 2.0 · Apostle Islands National Lakeshore: NPS Photo, Public domain · Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Two Harbors Lighthouse: pmarkham, CC BY-SA 2.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Duluth Township
About 6 of every 100 Duluth Township residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Minnesota.
Where Duluth Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
City in Minnesota, United States
Duluth ( də-LOOTH) is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of St. Louis County. Located on Lake Superior in Minnesota's Arrowhead Region, the city is a hub for cargo shipping. The population was 86,697 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's fifth-largest city. Duluth forms a metropolitan area with neighboring Superior, Wisconsin, called the Twin Ports. Duluth is south of the Iron Range and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. It is named after Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the area's first known European explorer. Duluth is on the north shore of Lake Superior at the westernmost point of the Great Lakes. It is the largest metropolitan area, the second-la…
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4 towns share a border with Duluth Township.
| Town | MN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth Township | — | — | C+ | — | C+ | A |
| Normanna Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Lakewood Township | — | — | C | — | B− | A |
| Alden Township | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Knife River | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Duluth Township and Lakewood Township have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Duluth Township and Lakewood Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Normanna Township, Alden Township and Knife River aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Duluth Township with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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