Silver BayMN
A town of 1,769. Safer than 92% of U.S. towns.
What makes Silver Bay stand out
The 2 things Silver Bay does most differently from other towns.
Silver Bay’s report card
Now in Silver Bay
What neighbors are saying. Town Square →
Weather
Forecast →Local news
All →- Nashville guitarist Jeff Dayton returns home to MN for Silver Bay showWTIP · Jul 29
- LEONA D. CURRIER | North Shore Journal | Two Harbors, Silver Bay & Lake SuperiorNorth Shore Journal · Jul 22
- JAMES (JIM) F. BERRILL | North Shore Journal | Two Harbors, Silver Bay & Lake SuperiorNorth Shore Journal · Jul 8
Upcoming events
Nothing on the calendar.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Silver Bay. Another town gets a different order.
Less crime per resident than 92% of U.S. towns
Silver Bay reports less crime per resident than 92% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
A typical Silver Bay home is worth about $168K
The typical Silver Bay home is worth about $168,000, up 0.8% in a year, 52% below the Minnesota typical home.
Typical home value
About one in three working residents works right in Silver Bay
About one in 3 of Silver Bay’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Duluth (8%), Two Harbors (7%) and Beaver Bay (4%). Half commute less than 27 miles.
Where working residents work
Low risk, with cold waves at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 22% of U.S. communities.
Snowy winters, pleasant summers
Silver Bay has cold, snowy winters and cool summers. A typical July afternoon reaches 75°, a January night drops to 4°, and about 94 inches of snow falls in a normal winter.
Typical low → high °F
11.5% of Silver Bay is conserved land
26 miles of trails across 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tettegouche State Park | 1.4 mi | 156 |
| 2. Mariner Mountain Park | 0.2 mi | 30 |
Healthier than 61% of U.S. towns
Silver Bay beats the Minnesota average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8.
| What stands out | Silver Bay | MN |
|---|---|---|
| More adults treating high blood pressure | 81.9% | 76.1% |
| More adults seeing a dentist | 70.9% | 67.5% |
| More adults with heart disease | 9.1% | 5.9% |
Silver Bay’s public schools outperform 58% of Minnesota districts
The public schools Silver Bay’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 58% of Minnesota’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
| School | Grades | Students | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Kelley Elementary | PK–5 | 143 | B+ |
| Wm. M. Kelley Secondary | 6–12 | 179 | A− |
About Silver Bay
City in Minnesota, United States
Silver Bay is a city in Lake County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 1,857 at the time of the 2020 census. It is the largest population center in a natural tourism area which includes Tettegouche State Park and the Split Rock Lighthouse. While Silver Bay is a port along Lake Superior for iron ore, it does not have taconite mining facilities of its own. However, the town does have a processing plant ran by Cleveland-Cliffs. The North Shore National Scenic Drive runs through town.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Population
- 1,857
- Area
- 8.1 sq mi
- Elevation
- 764 ft
- ZIP code
- 55614
- Area code
- 218
Silver Bay’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Silver Bay.