Moving to Cohasset, Minnesota
Population: 2,481. Estimated population in July 2024: 2,508 (+1.1% change)
Males: 1,248 (50.3%), Females: 1,233 (49.7%)
Itasca County
Zip code: 55721
Demographics
Median resident age: 41.3 years
Median household income: $44,054
Median house value: $116,400
Population by Race
Races in Cohasset:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.5%)
- American Indian (2.2%)
- Two or more races (1.9%)
Ancestries: German (34.8%), Norwegian (17.5%), Swedish (11.0%), Irish (9.7%), English (9.7%), French (7.0%).
Elevation: 1290 feet
Land area: 26.5 square miles
Population by Education
For population 25 years and over in Cohasset
- High school or higher: 89.4%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher: 21.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.1%
- Unemployed: 6.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Cohasset city
- Never married: 20.1%
- Now married: 64.6%
- Separated: 0.7%
- Widowed: 7.5%
- Divorced: 7.1%
0.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +524 (+26.8%).
Hospitals
Hospitals/medical centers near Cohasset:
- ITASCA MEMORIAL CENTER (about 7 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN)
- DEER RIVER HEALTHCARE CENTER (about 18 miles; DEER RIVER, MN)
- NORTHERN ITASCA HOSPITAL DISTRICT (about 29 miles; BIGFORK, MN)
Airports
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Cohasset:
- GRAND RAPIDS/ITASCA CO-GORDON NEWSTROM FLD (about 10 miles; GRAND RAPIDS, MN; Abbreviation: GPZ)
- CHISHOLM-HIBBING (about 56 miles; HIBBING, MN; Abbreviation: HIB)
- BRAINERD LAKES RGNL (about 70 miles; BRAINERD, MN; Abbreviation: BRD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Cohasset:
- HILL CITY-QUADNA MOUNTAIN (about 21 miles; HILL CITY, MN; Abbreviation: 07Y)
- REMER MUNI (about 23 miles; REMER, MN; Abbreviation: 52Y)
- BOWSTRING (about 26 miles; BOWSTRING, MN; Abbreviation: 9Y0)
Colleges and Universities
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Cohasset:
- CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 73 miles; BRAINERD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,364)
- NORTHWEST TECHNICAL COLLEGE-BEMIDJI (about 89 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,761)
- BEMIDJI STATE UNIVERSITY (about 89 miles; BEMIDJI, MN; Full-time enrollment: 3,562)
- LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 104 miles; DULUTH, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,512)
- UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 112 miles; DULUTH, MN; Full-time enrollment: 8,224)
- UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 113 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; Full-time enrollment: 2,436)
- SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 123 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,183)
Public primary/middle school in Cohasset:
- COHASSET EL. (Students: 280; Location: BOX 425; Grades: KG – 05)