Best PlacesDuquette, MN Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Duquette, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Duquette ranks 37,219th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low disaster risk by a wide margin, and internet speeds rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Duquette
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Duquette's strengths and weaknesses
Where Duquette ranks high
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than 93% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than 90% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 87% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 83% of towns
Where Duquette ranks low
- Internet speedBetter than only 4% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 8% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Short commute34.7 minutes each way, better than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Duquette
A household needs to earn about $60,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Duquette home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $66,209, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Duquette's effective rate of 0.83%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Duquette
Duquette runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Duquette.
Who works in Duquette, and how
Work in Duquette centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 89%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Duquette
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Duquette.
What the weather is like in Duquette, month by month
Duquette sees roughly 103 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 80 degrees. January highs sit near 24, with lows near 7. The comfortable stretch runs June through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 24° | 15° | 7° |
| April | 52° | 40° | 30° |
| July | 80° | 68° | 57° |
| October | 56° | 45° | 38° |
Flying in and out of Duquette
The nearest airport, Duluth International, is about 36 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Minneapolis-St Paul International/Wold-Chamberlain, about 109 miles away.
The best schools in and around Duquette
Schools across Duquette average a C+, better than 43% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Barnum ElementaryA− · 57% proficient
- Moose Lake ElementaryB · 45% proficient
- Willow River ElementaryB− · 40% proficient
Top high schools
- Barnum SecondaryB− · 42% proficient
- Moose Lake SecondaryC+ · 40% proficient
- East Central Senior SecondaryC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Duquette school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Duquette measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Duquette against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Duquette
Is Duquette a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Duquette ranks 37,219th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low disaster risk, state infrastructure, and clean air, and lowest on internet speeds and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Duquette expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $229,113. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $66,209 median income, cost of living beats 32% of towns.
Is Duquette safe?
Duquette is safer than 35% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Duquette with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Duquette. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Duquette represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Duquette detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Duquette: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Duquette: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Duquette: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Duquette: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Duquette detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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