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Two Harbors, MN

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Overview


Two Harbors is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 3,585 people and just one neighborhood, Two Harbors is the 202nd largest community in Minnesota. Two Harbors has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Two Harbors is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Two Harbors is a city of service providers, managers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Two Harbors who work in management occupations (10.29%), healthcare (9.42%), and food service (9.01%).

Setting & Lifestyle

Being a small city, Two Harbors does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The population of Two Harbors overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Two Harbors, 21.10% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Two Harbors in 2022 was $32,222, which is lower middle income relative to Minnesota, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $128,888 for a family of four. However, Two Harbors contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Two Harbors home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Two Harbors residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Two Harbors include German, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish, and Irish.

The most common language spoken in Two Harbors is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Two Harbors, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Finnish and Swedish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 14.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 15.6% have Swedish ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Two Harbors are lower-middle income, making it a below average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's research shows that this neighborhood has an income lower than 61.5% of U.S. neighborhoods. With 11.6% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 53.1% of U.S. neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 32.0% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 29.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (28.4%), and 10.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 98.7% of households. Some people also speak Polish (3.6%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Two Harbors, MN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (23.8%). There are also a number of people of Norwegian ancestry (16.7%), and residents who report Swedish roots (15.6%), and some of the residents are also of Finnish ancestry (14.9%), along with some Irish ancestry residents (10.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend under 15 minutes commuting one-way to work (48.4% of working residents), one of the shortest commutes across America.

Here most residents (75.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (11.3%) and 8.0% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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