Lutsen is a township in Cook County, Minnesota, home to about 471 people across 98 square miles. Its ZIP code is 55612, and parts of 55615 are in Lutsen too.
Homes sold for a median of $378 per square foot in the three months ending August 2026, a buyer’s market.
Mostly Lutsen; also Tofte and West Cook UT
Mostly Tofte; part is in Lutsen
Each card is that ZIP code’s whole market, including any part outside Lutsen. Seller’s market: under 4 months of supply; buyer’s market: over 6. Methodology
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| Nearest major airport | Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field (MSP)229 miles away |
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| Closer regional airport | Duluth International Airport (DLH)92 miles away |
| Nearest city of 250,000+ | St. Paul, MN222 miles away |
| Nearest city of 1 million+ | Chicago, IL429 miles away |
Straight-line distances from the center of Lutsen; driving is longer.
Source: Airports from OurAirports (scheduled passenger service); city centers and populations from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: Members of Congress from the congress-legislators project; districts from the Census Bureau’s relationship files; governor and mayor from Wikidata.
Lutsen had 537 residents in the 2020 census, up 49% since 2000.
It’s the 1127th largest of 2,727 towns in Minnesota by population.
Cook County grew from 810 residents in 1900 to 5,600 in 2020.
Cook County, 1900–2020
Source: U.S. Census Bureau decennial censuses (counties 1900–1990 from the Bureau’s historical county file).
Average highs peak around 70°F in summer, and winter lows average 7°F. About 25.9 inches of rain and melted snow fall in a typical year.
Source: NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Grand Marais, MN weather station (15 miles away).
1,965 jobs at 292 businesses in Cook County. The biggest industries by employees:
Source: U.S. Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023 (private employers; jobs counted where people work).
Nearest hospitals
Source: Hospitals from CMS Hospital General Information (ratings are CMS overall star ratings); straight-line distances.
Parks (1 nearby)
Counts are within about 6.5 miles of the center of town.
Source: Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (openstreetmap.org/copyright), as mapped by volunteers; it can miss places or include closed ones.
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Shares ZIP codes with Tofte, Schroeder and West Cook UT.
Town boundaries don’t always match ZIP codes: a ZIP code can cross into neighboring towns, and a town can share a ZIP code with its neighbors. Facts describe the town itself; market figures describe whole ZIP codes.