Grand Marais is a very small city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 1,350 people and two associated neighborhoods, Grand Marais is the 374th largest community in Minnesota.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.90% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
The city is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Grand Marais has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Grand Marais a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Grand Marais is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 16.25 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
As is often the case in a small city, Grand Marais doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The education level of Grand Marais ranks among the highest in the nation. Of the 25-and-older adult population in Grand Marais, 44.44% have at least a bachelor's degree. The typical US community has just 21.84% of its adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree.
The per capita income in Grand Marais in 2018 was $36,814, which is middle income relative to Minnesota, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $147,256 for a family of four. However, Grand Marais contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Grand Marais home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grand Marais residents report their race to be White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Grand Marais include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English.
The most common language spoken in Grand Marais is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.