Beaver Bay vs Two Harbors

A side-by-side comparison of Beaver Bay and Two Harbors: population, income, housing, and more.

Beaver Bay and Two Harbors are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Two Harbors has the higher population (3,598 vs 90 in Beaver Bay). Two Harbors has the higher median household income ($62,885 vs $48,333 in Beaver Bay). Beaver Bay has the higher median home value ($215,600 vs $187,100 in Two Harbors).

Population, income & housing

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
Population	90	3,598
Median age	58.8 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$48,333	$62,885
Median home value	$215,600	$187,100
Median gross rent	—	$879
Housing units	73	1,749
Homeownership rate	85.4%	71.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
Population	98 → 90 (-8.2%)	3,509 → 3,598 (+2.5%)
Median household income	$67,083 → $48,333 (-28.0%)	$55,813 → $62,885 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$237,500 → $215,600 (-9.2%)	$149,900 → $187,100 (+24.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$648 → $879 (+35.6%)

Beaver Bay

Population

9890

Median household income

$67,083$48,333

Median home value

$237,500$215,600

Two Harbors

Population

3,5093,598

Median household income

$55,813$62,885

Median home value

$149,900$187,100

Median gross rent

$648$879

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
Under 5	2.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	11.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	4.8%
25 to 34	13.3%	13.1%
35 to 44	5.6%	13.4%
45 to 54	12.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	21.1%	12.0%
65 to 74	12.2%	10.8%
75 and over	22.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
White (non-Hispanic)	92.2%	92.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
No high school diploma	10.3%	10.8%
High school graduate	29.5%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	37.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.4%	15.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	6.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
Drove alone	66.7%	77.5%
Carpooled	15.4%	8.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	7.7%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	10.3%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
1-unit, detached	95.9%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.7%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Beaver Bay	Two Harbors
Poverty rate	20.0%	12.0%
Average household size	1.88	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1966	1952