What is the median rent in Two Harbors, MN?

Name: Median rent in Two Harbors, MN, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Two Harbors, MN is $1,079 (±$82) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 484 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

In Two Harbors, the median gross rent went from $648 in 2015–2019 to $1,079 in 2020–2024 (+66.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,079 (±$82)
Rented homes: 484 (±115)
$2,000 or more: 5.0%
Since 2015–2019: +66.5%

How much rent costs in Two Harbors

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Two Harbors	Lake County	Minnesota	United States
Less than $500	14.3% (±10.3 points)	9.7%	8.4%	6.3%
$500 to $999	23.1% (±10.2 points)	25.6%	21.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	53.7% (±15.4 points)	49.7%	33.6%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	3.9% (±4.4 points)	8.5%	21.4%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	0.0% (±4.5 points)	1.6%	9.2%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	0.0% (±4.5 points)	0.0%	3.0%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	5.0% (±5.4 points)	4.9%	3.0%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 53.7% of renting households.

5.0% of rented homes in Two Harbors cost $2,000 or more a month.

Two Harbors against Lake County, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Two Harbors	Lake County	Minnesota	United States
Median gross rent	$1,079 (±$82)	$1,093 (±$57)	$1,280 (±$7)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	484 (±115)	773 (±149)	614,257 (±4,397)	42,849,984

In Two Harbors, median gross rent is not measurably different from Lake County ($1,093).

It is also lower than in Minnesota ($1,280).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

In Lake County, Two Harbors ranks 3 of 5 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 533 of 1,347.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

How rent in Two Harbors has changed since 2015–2019

2015–2019 and 2020–2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates
	2015–2019	2020–2024	Amount of change	Verdict
Median gross rent	$648 (±$55)	$1,079 (±$82)	+66.5%	Up after inflation
Households that rent	36.3% (±6.3 points)	31.8% (±6.9 points)	−4.5 percentage points	Not a measurable change
Rental vacancy rate	5.0% (±7.0 points)	9.2% (±8.9 points)	+4.2 percentage points	Not a measurable change

The Census Bureau publishes 2015–2019 dollars in 2019 dollars and 2020–2024 dollars in 2024 dollars.

Prices (the CPI-U, US Bureau of Labor Statistics) rose 22.7% between 2019 and 2024, so a dollar figure’s verdict compares the two after raising the earlier one by that much, using the Census Bureau’s test for a difference.

The two periods do not overlap, as the Census Bureau recommends for 5-year estimates.

Median gross rent in places near Two Harbors

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Two Harbors
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Two Harbors	—	$1,079 (±$82)	—
Duluth Township	10 mi	$1,160 (±$252)	Not measurably different
Normanna Township	14 mi	$1,607 (±$149)	Higher
Gnesen Township	21 mi	$2,011 (±$610)	Higher
Town of Cloverland (Douglas County)	22 mi	$820 (±$559)	Not measurably different
Rice Lake	23 mi	$1,305 (±$194)	Higher
Town of Lakeside	26 mi	$939 (±$31)	Lower

Nearby places with a measurably lower figure: Town of Lakeside, WI ($939).

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Normanna Township, MN ($1,607), Gnesen Township, MN ($2,011), Rice Lake, MN ($1,305).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Lake County, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
1	Silver Bay	$1,140 (±$109)
2	Beaver Bay Township	$1,083 (±$821)
3	Two Harbors	$1,079 (±$82)
4	Fall Lake Township	$800 (±$85)
5	Crystal Bay Township	$675 (±$11)

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Two Harbors

What is the average rent in Two Harbors, MN?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Two Harbors is $1,079 (±$82) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How much has rent gone up in Two Harbors?

In Two Harbors, the median gross rent went from $648 in 2015–2019 to $1,079 in 2020–2024 (+66.5%).

Prices (CPI-U) rose 22.7% over the same years, so it rose faster than prices: a measurable increase after inflation.

How many rentals in Two Harbors cost more than $2,000 a month?

5.0% of rented homes in Two Harbors have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 14.3% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Two Harbors higher than in Lake County?

In Two Harbors, median gross rent is not measurably different from Lake County ($1,093).

It is also lower than in Minnesota ($1,280).

It is lower than the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Two Harbors city, Minnesota (place:65956, in state:27).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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Figures are published by the US Census Bureau, HUD, the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the FBI; Seayora reproduces them and does not adjust them, except where a sentence says it compares dollar figures after inflation. They describe the whole place, not any one building or street, and are not an appraisal, a rent determination, a tax bill, a safety rating or legal advice.