Duluth is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 86,619 people and 37 associated neighborhoods, Duluth is the fifth largest community in Minnesota. Duluth has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.
Also of interest is that Duluth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.39% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
In addition, Duluth is a college town. There are a lot of students in Duluth attending college, and as a result Duluth provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared to the needs and activities of students.
Not only is Duluth a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Duluth is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Duluth a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.
One of the benefits of Duluth is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.29 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Duluth is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 40.94% of adults in Duluth have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in Duluth in 2018 was $37,433, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $149,732 for a family of four. However, Duluth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Duluth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Duluth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Duluth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Duluth include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Duluth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.