Metro area · CBSA 20260
Duluth
The Duluth, MN metro area has 280,870 people. Median rent is $990, 16.6% of median household income, and HUD puts the 2-bedroom fair market rent in St. Louis County at $1,207. Of the 27 places we track here, Poplar has the lightest rent burden.
Median household income
$71,769
Median home value
$222,400
Unemployment
4.4%
2-bedroom fair market rent
$1,207
HUD, St. Louis County
Places in this metro
Largest first. Rent to income is the median rent as a share of median household income.
| Place | Population | Rent | Rent to income |
|---|---|---|---|
| Duluth | 87,093 | $1,087 | 19.0% |
| Superior | 26,677 | $900 | 16.8% |
| Hibbing | 16,057 | $833 | 17.9% |
| Cloquet | 12,537 | $1,024 | 20.0% |
| Hermantown | 10,218 | $1,463 | 19.3% |
| Virginia | 8,332 | $792 | 18.4% |
| Chisholm | 4,712 | $732 | 17.3% |
| Rice Lake | 4,153 | $1,305 | 17.5% |
| Eveleth | 3,448 | $904 | 21.4% |
| Ely | 3,240 | $627 | 17.1% |
| Proctor | 3,100 | $1,044 | 18.6% |
| Moose Lake | 2,863 | $907 | 16.9% |
| Mountain Iron | 2,860 | $918 | 13.2% |
| Hoyt Lakes | 2,064 | $1,013 | 18.5% |
| Esko | 1,813 | $1,215 | 13.4% |
| Aurora | 1,792 | $509 | 14.5% |
| Gilbert | 1,697 | $698 | 13.0% |
| Babbitt | 1,393 | $737 | 15.8% |
| Scanlon | 1,146 | $1,435 | 25.0% |
| Buhl | 1,022 | $1,043 | 21.3% |
| Biwabik | 966 | $749 | 13.2% |
| Lake Nebagamon | 963 | $796 | 12.1% |
| Carlton | 875 | $970 | 18.4% |
| Superior | 653 | $1,270 | 21.6% |
| Solon Springs | 649 | $765 | 12.1% |
| Poplar | 626 | $979 | 10.4% |
| Barnum | 503 | $885 | 24.4% |
Nearby metro areas
Data as of 2026-11-14. How these figures are built.