Duluth is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Minnesota. With a population of 86,619 people and 37 associated neighborhoods, Duluth is the fifth largest community in Minnesota. Duluth has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic cities.Duluth is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Duluth is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Duluth who work in sales jobs (9.54%), office and administrative support (9.44%), and healthcare (9.43%). Also of interest is that Duluth has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.39% 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.Duluth is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Duluth enrolled in college, Duluth has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Duluth is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.29 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.The citizens of Duluth are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.94% of adults in Duluth have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Duluth in 2022 was $37,433, 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 $149,732 for a family of four. However, Duluth contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Duluth is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Duluth home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Duluth residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Duluth include German, Norwegian, Irish, Swedish, and English. The most common language spoken in Duluth is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Native American languages.
