Silver Bay, Minnesota

Demographics

People

Total Population	1,708
Male Share of the Population	47.5%
Female Share of the Population	52.5%
Senior Citizens	33.2%
Employed Population 16+	637
Age of the Population	57

Families

% of people married	52.9%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	18.6%
Median Earnings25+	$30,994
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$21,250
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$25,313

Wealth

Median Family Income	$50,921
% Above Poverty Level	90.6%
% Below Poverty Level	9.4%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	16 minutes
% Working from Home	1.4%
% Walking and Biking to Work	3%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	36%
Median Gross Rent	$648
Median House Value	$93,600

Ancestry

German	29.4%
Norwegian	15.4%
Irish	13.8%
English	10.2%
Swedish	9.3%
Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	8.7%
Finnish	8%
French Except Basque	3.8%
Italian	2.8%
Danishn	2.6%
Polish	2.5%
Dutch	1.5%
Slovene	1.2%
Canadian	1%
Croatian	0.7%
Czech	0.6%
Scottish	0.5%
Austrian	0.4%
Lithuanian	0.4%
Haitian	0.3%
West Indian	0.3%
Romanian	0.3%
Luxemburger	0.2%
Slovak	0.2%
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Silver Bay Almanac

Category	Value
County	Lake County
Standard Zip Codes	55614
Phone Area Codes	218
Time Zone	America/Chicago
Approximate Latitude	47.29
Approximate Longitude	-91.27

Silver Bay Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	TWO HARBORS
Distance	26.4 miles
Jan Temp	5 to 23 F
Apr Temp	31 to 48 F
Jul Temp	53 to 74 F
Oct Temp	38 to 53 F
Annual Precip	30.5 inches

Station	BRIMSON 1 E
Distance	27.8 miles
Jan Temp	-9 to 16 F
Apr Temp	24 to 50 F
Jul Temp	50 to 77 F
Oct Temp	29 to 52 F
Annual Precip	29.8 inches

Station	BAYFIELD 6 N
Distance	35.2 miles
Jan Temp	3 to 21 F
Apr Temp	30 to 50 F
Jul Temp	56 to 77 F
Oct Temp	36 to 55 F
Annual Precip	33.4 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Beaver Bay	121	$62,500

Silver Bay Public Libraries

Silver Bay Public Library
9 DAVIS DRIVE
Silver Bay, Minnesota
(218) 226-4331

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Silver Bay Public Schools

Kelley Secondary
137 Banks Blvd
ZIP: 55614
(218) 226-4437
High
Total Enrollment 189

William Kelley Elementary
137 Banks Blvd
ZIP: 55614
(218) 226-4437
Primary
Total Enrollment 175

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2015, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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