DuluthWA
A town of 1,656.
Is Duluth a good place to live?
The best of Duluth’s subject grades is an A for health; the weakest is a D for cost of living. Only 2 of Washington’s 397 towns score lower on the outdoors. Duluth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Duluth has grown 11% from 2010 to 2020
1,544 counted in 2010 and 1,718 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
How Duluth grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Washington), ordered by how far Duluth is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Mount St. Helens and 160 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Duluth. Close and well known come first.
Big draw36 mi MountainMount St. Helens
17 mi Stadium & arenaModa Center
18 mi Stadium & arenaProvidence Park
29 mi WaterfallMultnomah Falls
17 mi City parkForest Park
18 mi MuseumPittock MansionPhoto credits
Mount St. Helens: U.S. Forest Service- Pacific Northwest Region, Public domain · Moda Center: Lugnuts, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Providence Park: Pdx.rollingthunder, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Multnomah Falls: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0 · Forest Park: EncMstr, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pittock Mansion: PittockBack.jpg: Cacophony derivative work: Tiptoety talk, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Duluth: who provides what
Duluth is unincorporated, so Clark County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Duluth.
On CDC estimates, Duluth is healthier than 87% of U.S. towns
Among adults in Duluth, 72% had a checkup this year, above Washington’s towns (71%) but below U.S. towns (79%). On the CDC’s 31 measures, Duluth is ahead of Washington on 12 and behind on 2. 28% of Duluth adults sleep under 7 hours.
| Duluth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 11% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 72% | 71% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 18% | 25% |
| What stands out | Duluth | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.5% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.2% | 10.2% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.4% | 7.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Duluth’s workers commute out: the town has 0.4 jobs for each of them
The average commute for Duluth comes to 21 minutes, below both the Washington town median (27 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). Commuting out is the norm in the town: 2% of working residents work locally. For residents here, the share who live below the poverty line is 15%. Jobs in Duluth grew by 93 from 2013 to 2023, reaching 276.
| Duluth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 15% | 7.9% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.7% | 4.9% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Fewer young adults than Washington overall
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 48% of adults 25 and older, vs 40% across Washington. Adults 18 to 34 are 14% of residents (24% statewide); people 65 and older are 26% of residents (17% statewide). Also worth knowing: the age of the median resident in Duluth is 48.6 years.
| Duluth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.6 years | 38.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 26% | 16% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 48% | 30% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 27% and 75% women
The Census survey reached too few of Duluth’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±24.3 points. Across Washington, 49.6% of residents are women.
| Duluth | WA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.2% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 13.5% | 9.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.3% | 8.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.6% | 15.2% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.5% | 14.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.1% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.8% | 12% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.3% | 6.5% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 7.7% | 10.4% |
| High school | 19.7% | 21.6% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.3% | 21% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.4% | 10% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 40% | 24% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 8.2% | 15.6% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Duluth is earthquakes, at a moderate overall level
Expected damage from storms and floods is higher here than in 52% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Duluth, 44% come from earthquakes and 40% from inland flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The median home in Duluth sells for about $780K
In Duluth, 84% of households own their home. For Duluth, the median rent is $1,630 a month.
| Duluth | Washington towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 84% | 71% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,630 a month | $1,739 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Duluth
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Duluth
About 6 of every 100 Duluth residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Washington.
98% of working residents leave Duluth for work
Where Duluth’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Duluth
Census-designated place in Washington, United States
Duluth is a census-designated place (CDP) in Clark County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,544 at the 2020 census. The community is located 11 miles (18 km) north of downtown Vancouver, Washington, with access from Exit 11 on Interstate 5.
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- Area
- 6.0 sq mi
- Elevation
- 281 ft
Duluth’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Duluth.
| Town | WA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth | — | — | D | — | B+ | A |
| Dollars Corner | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Duluth has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Duluth reports no FBI crime data of its own. Dollars Corner isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Duluth with a neighbor →
Questions about Duluth
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Duluth, WA expensive?
Yes. The typical home is worth about $734,000, 25% above the Washington typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.