DATA SERVICES CENTER

Ely, Minnesota

2010

Demographic[1]
Total Population	3460
Median Age	45.3
Male Population	1718
Female Population	1742
Ethnicity: White	3319
Ethnicity: Black or African American	33
Ethnicity: Asian	23
Ethnicity: Hispanic or Latino	39
Total Households	1681

Local Employment Dynamics[2]
Percent in Labor Force	57.1%
Percent Employed[3]	52.8%
Unemployment Rate	7.7%

Commuting to Work (percent)[4]
Car, Truck, or Van	82.1%
Drove alone	72.6%
Carpooled	9.5%
Public Transportation (excluding taxicab)	0.6%
Walked	12.1%
Bicycle	0.0%
Taxicab, motorcycle, or other means	0.4%
Worked at home	4.8%
Worked in county of residence	95.2%
Worked outside county of residence	4.8%
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	12.9

Housing Occupancy (percent)[5]
Total Housing Units	2022
Occupied Housing Units	1681 (83.1%)
Vacant Housing Units	341 (16.9%)
For Rent	78 (3.9%)
Rented, not occupied	4 (0.2%)
For sale only	46 (2.3%)
Sold, not occupied	6 (0.3%)
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	79 (3.9%)
All other vacants	128 (6.3%)
Homeowner vacancy rate	4.0%
Rental vacancy rate	11.8%

Education (percent)[6]
Less than 9^th grade	1.2%
9^th to 12^th grade, no diploma	6.5%
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	33.3%
Some college, no degree	19.5%
Associate’s degree	13.5%
Bachelor’s degree	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%
High school graduate or higher	92.3%
Bachelor’s degree or higher	26.0%

Agriculture[7]
Number of Farms	NA
Land in Farms	NA
Average Size of Farm	NA
Total value of agricultural products sold	NA
Value of crops including nursery and greenhouse	NA
Value of livestock, poultry, and their products	NA

Farmland Sales[8]
Number of Sales	NA
Average Parcel Size	NA
Sum of Parcel Size	NA
Minimum Parcel Size	NA
Maximum Parcel Size	NA

Timberland Sales[9]
Number of Sales	NA
Average Parcel Size	NA
Sum of Parcel Size	NA
Minimum Parcel Size	NA
Maximum Parcel Size	NA

Land Values[10]
Total acres	0
Total estimated value	0
Estimated value per acre	NA

Property Taxes[11]
	Taxable Market Value	Local Net Tax Capacity
Farm Homestead	0	0
Farm Non Homestead	0	0
Timber	0	0
Noncommercial Seasonal Recreation	2,764,126	23,715
Residential Homestead	107,129,982	915,959
Residential Non Homestead	26,848,785	245,053
Apartments	3,387,532	29,731
Commercial Seasonal Recreation	275,723	1,183
Commercial	43,016,492	632,855
Industrial	208,775	2,847
Utilities	0	0
Railroads	533	7
Other	0	0
Personal	588,235	8,902
Total	184,220,182	1,860,251

Soils Data[12]
Erosion Water
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Erosion Wind
5	10	15	20	25	30	35	40	45	50	Total
NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Crop Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Aspen Production Index
10	20	30	40	50	60	70	80	90	100	Total
NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA

Wind and water erosion tables reflect the number of acres with the above listed tonnage of erosion per acre.

Crop production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed crop growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for farming.

Aspen production index display the number of acres that fall within the above listed aspen growing potential; the higher the growing potential, the better that land is for growing aspen trees or forests.

[2] Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Local Employment Dynamics, All NAICS Sectors

[6] American Community Survey, population 25 years and over