Grand Marais vs Lutsen

A side-by-side comparison of Grand Marais and Lutsen: population, income, housing, and more.

Grand Marais and Lutsen are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Grand Marais has the higher population (1,700 vs 234 in Lutsen). Lutsen has the higher median household income ($78,750 vs $73,846 in Grand Marais). Lutsen has the higher median home value ($347,500 vs $283,700 in Grand Marais).

Population, income & housing

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
Population	1,700	234
Median age	45.3 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$78,750
Median home value	$283,700	$347,500
Median gross rent	$1,013	$1,013
Housing units	879	315
Homeownership rate	69.2%	86.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.5%	64.8%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	5.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
Population	1,332 → 1,700 (+27.6%)	213 → 234 (+9.9%)
Median household income	$45,298 → $73,846 (+63.0%)	$42,348 → $78,750 (+86.0%)
Median home value	$195,000 → $283,700 (+45.5%)	$254,200 → $347,500 (+36.7%)
Median gross rent	$702 → $1,013 (+44.3%)	$1,028 → $1,013 (-1.5%)

Grand Marais

Population

1,3321,700

Median household income

$45,298$73,846

Median home value

$195,000$283,700

Median gross rent

$702$1,013

Lutsen

Population

213234

Median household income

$42,348$78,750

Median home value

$254,200$347,500

Median gross rent

$1,028$1,013

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
Under 5	5.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	14.0%	3.4%
18 to 24	4.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	13.9%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.3%	28.6%
55 to 64	12.4%	12.0%
65 to 74	16.6%	21.4%
75 and over	10.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
White (non-Hispanic)	86.9%	97.0%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.1%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
No high school diploma	3.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	26.5%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	20.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	36.6%
Graduate or professional degree	24.5%	28.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
Drove alone	51.9%	74.4%
Carpooled	12.2%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	22.4%
Other means	4.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
1-unit, detached	77.0%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	24.8%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	2.9%
20 or more units	7.3%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Grand Marais	Lutsen
Poverty rate	11.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.22	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	10	11
Median year structure built	1965	1986