Duluth vs Hermantown

A side-by-side comparison of Duluth and Hermantown: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Duluth has the higher population (86,863 vs 10,192 in Hermantown). Hermantown has the higher median household income ($92,026 vs $66,263 in Duluth). Hermantown has the higher median home value ($374,000 vs $225,700 in Duluth).

Population, income & housing

	Duluth	Hermantown
Population	86,863	10,192
Median age	35.2 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$66,263	$92,026
Median home value	$225,700	$374,000
Median gross rent	$1,037	$1,375
Housing units	39,805	3,878
Homeownership rate	60.2%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.3%	39.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Duluth	Hermantown
Population	85,915 → 86,863 (+1.1%)	9,604 → 10,192 (+6.1%)
Median household income	$52,463 → $66,263 (+26.3%)	$73,865 → $92,026 (+24.6%)
Median home value	$163,300 → $225,700 (+38.2%)	$238,800 → $374,000 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$820 → $1,037 (+26.5%)	$1,095 → $1,375 (+25.6%)

Duluth

Population

85,91586,863

Median household income

$52,463$66,263

Median home value

$163,300$225,700

Median gross rent

$820$1,037

Hermantown

Population

9,60410,192

Median household income

$73,865$92,026

Median home value

$238,800$374,000

Median gross rent

$1,095$1,375

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Duluth	Hermantown
Under 5	5.3%	4.7%
5 to 17	11.9%	21.1%
18 to 24	18.8%	9.9%
25 to 34	13.8%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.0%	17.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.0%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.9%	7.4%
75 and over	6.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Duluth	Hermantown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.1%	88.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.4%	0.8%
Asian	1.8%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Duluth	Hermantown
No high school diploma	4.6%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.2%	21.6%
Some college or associate's	32.9%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	25.8%	24.0%
Graduate or professional degree	16.6%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Duluth	Hermantown
Drove alone	71.7%	85.9%
Carpooled	7.4%	3.4%
Public transit	3.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.5%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	9.3%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Duluth	Hermantown
1-unit, detached	60.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	6.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	6.1%	5.8%
20 or more units	15.0%	6.1%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Duluth	Hermantown
Poverty rate	17.2%	5.1%
Average household size	2.18	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	17	19
Median year structure built	1951	1992