Grand Marais is waiting for its first neighbor
Every town starts quiet. Join Grand Marais, say hello, and every post, reply and fact you add earns karma and warms the town up.
Every post, reply and helpful vote fills the heart. It always reflects the last 30 days.
What kind of neighbors does Grand Marais have?
Read from the town’s members and the Census. The page puts what stands out first.
Grand Marais in 100 people: 27 aged 65 or older (MN: 17)
Owners make up 60 in 100 households (MN: 72). The population is about 1,290 (2025 Census estimate). Across MN, 23 in 100 people are under 18; in Grand Marais, 20. From 2010 to 2020 the population changed by −1%.
Median age 45.6 (MN 38.8).
About 81 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.8 points). Among residents 25 to 34, 81% are women (MN 49%).
Counted by household.
Adults 25 and older.
The commute averages 10 minutes each way.
Ways to pitch in
Karma is how Grand Marais says thanks. The ladder’s higher rungs unlock editing the handbook.
Start the first group in Grand Marais
A group gives neighbors a reason to come back. It takes 30 seconds.
What Grand Marais’s neighbors have built
Nothing yet. Every post, reply and fact adds a patch to the quilt.
Neighbors are members whose home town is Grand Marais or who have posted here. Karma counts contributions across TownRatings: a post +5, a reply +2, a confirmed guide fact +10, an old photo +10, a confirmed place +10. “This month” counts only what was added in Grand Marais in the last 30 days. Town Love is a rolling 30-day score of posts, replies and helpful votes, weighted toward many voices. Who lives here: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020-2024; rounded to 100 people.