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Population in July 2008: 843. Population change since 2000: +0.6%

Males: 399	(47.4%)
Females: 444	(52.6%)

Median resident age:	42.9 years
Minnesota median age:	35.4 years

Zip codes: 55720.

Estimated median household income in 2007: $49,541 (it was $42,857 in 2000)

Scanlon:	$49,541
Minnesota:	$55,802

Estimated per capita income in 2007: $24,030

Scanlon:	$24,030
Minnesota:	$29,027

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $139,737 (it was $78,800 in 2000)

Scanlon:	$139,737
Minnesota:	$213,600

Mean prices in 2007: All housing units: $140,104; Detached houses: $142,436; Townhouses or other attached units: $158,860; In 2-unit structures: $145,134; Mobile homes: $22,500

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Races in Scanlon:

White Non-Hispanic (96.4%)
American Indian (2.9%)
Two or more races (0.7%)
Black (0.6%)

2008 cost of living index in Scanlon: 83.2 (low, U.S. average is 100)

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Ancestries: German (25.9%), Norwegian (19.6%), Swedish (14.1%), English (8.1%), French (7.0%), Polish (6.4%).

Current Local Time: CST time zone

Elevation: 1200 feet

Land area: 0.84 square miles.

Population density: 1003 people per square mile

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For population 25 years and over in Scanlon

High school or higher: 85.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.9%
Graduate or professional degree: 2.9%
Unemployed: 2.1%
Mean travel time to work: 14.9 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Scanlon city

Never married: 18.6%
Now married: 61.1%
Separated: 0.6%
Widowed: 7.4%
Divorced: 12.3%

23 residents are foreign born (1.1% Africa, 0.6% Latin America, 0.5% Asia, 0.4% Europe).

This city:	2.7%
Minnesota:	5.3%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this city in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Scanlon:	1.1% ($863)
Minnesota:	1.1% ($1,297)

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Duluth, MN (15.7 miles , pop. 86,918).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: St. Paul, MN (125.6 miles , pop. 287,151).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Chicago, IL (410.5 miles , pop. 2,896,016).

Nearest cities: Cloquet, MN (1.4 miles ), Carlton, MN (1.8 miles ), Thomson, MN (1.8 miles) , Wrenshall, MN (2.5 miles ), Proctor, MN (3.2 miles ), Hermantown, MN (3.4 miles ), Oliver, WI (3.4 miles ), Brookston, MN (3.7 miles) .

Single-family new house construction building permits:

1996: 1 building, cost: $170,000
1997: 0 buildings
1998: 0 buildings
1999: 1 building, cost: $100,000
2000: 1 building, cost: $105,000
2001: 1 building, cost: $112,000
2002: 0 buildings
2003: 8 buildings, average cost: $159,200
2004: 1 building, cost: $100,000
2005: 9 buildings, average cost: $187,700
2006: 2 buildings, average cost: $128,100
2007: 8 buildings, average cost: $137,700
2008: 1 building, cost: $180,000

Number of permits per 10,000 residents

Average cost (in $1000s)

Latitude: 46.71 N, Longitude: 92.43 W

Area code commonly used in this area: 218

Population change in the 1990s: -42 (-4.8%).

Most common industries for males (%):

Paper (12%)
Construction (11%)
Nonmetallic mineral products (7%)
Motor vehicle and parts dealers (6%)
Arts, entertainment, and recreation (6%)
Health care (6%)
Other direct selling establishments (4%)

Most common industries for females (%):

Health care (18%)
Accommodation and food services (13%)
Paper (8%)
Finance and insurance (7%)
Chemicals (6%)
Professional, scientific, and technical services (6%)
Social assistance (6%)

Most common occupations for males (%)

Other production occupations including supervisors (12%)
Laborers and material movers, hand (8%)
Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (8%)
Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (6%)
Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
Business operations specialists (4%)
Cashiers (4%)

Most common occupations for females (%)

Laborers and material movers, hand (12%)
Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (9%)
Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (7%)
Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks (6%)
Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (6%)
Cashiers (5%)
Registered nurses (4%)

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Crime in Scanlon by Year
Type	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005
Murders	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Rapes	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Robberies	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Assaults	1	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	118.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Burglaries	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Thefts	7	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	826.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Auto thefts	2	1	0	0	0
per 100,000	236.1	117.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Arson	0	0	0	0	0
per 100,000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 320.9)	75.6	9.4	0.0	0.0	0.0

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Average climate in Scanlon, Minnesota

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Scanlon-area historical tornado activity is significantly below Minnesota state average. It is 53% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 6/11/1966, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 20.7 miles away from the Scanlon city center caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 8/6/1969, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 23.1 miles away from the city center injured 20 people and caused between $500,000 and $5,000,000 in damages.

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Hospitals/medical centers near Scanlon:

COMMUNITY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 10 miles; CLOQUET, MN)
MILLER DWAN MEDICAL CENTER (about 18 miles; DULUTH, MN)
ST LUKES HOSPITAL OF DULUTH (about 18 miles; DULUTH, MN)

Amtrak station near Scanlon:

16 miles: DULUTH (2122 W. SUPERIOR ST.) - Bus Station. Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, call for taxi service.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Scanlon:

LAKE SUPERIOR COLLEGE (about 15 miles; DULUTH, MN; Full-time enrollment: 2,512)
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-SUPERIOR (about 18 miles; SUPERIOR, WI; FT enrollment: 2,436)
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA-DULUTH (about 19 miles; DULUTH, MN; FT enrollment: 8,224)
WISCONSIN INDIANHEAD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 65 miles; Shell Lake, WI; FT enrollment: 2,045)
CENTRAL LAKES COLLEGE-BRAINERD (about 87 miles; BRAINERD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,364)
SAINT CLOUD TECHNICAL COLLEGE (about 114 miles; ST CLOUD, MN; FT enrollment: 2,183)
ANOKA-RAMSEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 115 miles; COON RAPIDS, MN; FT enrollment: 3,627)

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Drinking water stations with addresses in Scanlon that have no violations reported:

RIVER INN OF SCANLON (Population served: 25, Primary Water Source Type: Groundwater)

Average household size:

This city:	2.3 people
Minnesota:	2.5 people

Percentage of family households:

This city:	68.2%
Whole state:	66.2%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city:	4.7%
Whole state:	5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)

Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	3.9%
Whole state:	7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 2007:

This city:	2.0%
Whole state:	3.2%

Detailed information about poverty and poor residents in Scanlon, MN

Scanlon compared to Minnesota state average:

Unemployed percentage below state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage below state average.
Renting percentage significantly below state average.
Number of college students below state average.

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School Enrollment by Level of School

Scanlon mode of transportation to work chart

2004 Presidential Election results in Carlton County Minnesota:

Most commonly used house heating fuel:
	Utility gas (71%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (20%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Wood (1%)

Religion statistics for Scanlon

Adherents

Name	Catholic Church	Evangelical Lutheran Church in America	Lutheran Church	Association of Free Lutheran Congregations-Number of Adherents	United Methodist Church
Adherents	39.1%	34.3%	10.5%	4.8%	3.0%
Congregations	12.8%	27.7%	12.8%	1731.9%	8.5%

Name	Presbyterian Church (USA)	The Evangelical Covenant Church	Baptist General Conference	Episcopal Church	Other religions
Adherents	2.5%	2.5%	1.1%	0.6%	1.7%
Congregations	6.4%	8.5%	4.3%	4.3%	-1717.0%

Source: Jones, Dale E., et al. 2002. Congregations and Membership in the United States 2000. Nashville, TN: Glenmary Research Center.
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Local government employment and payroll (March 2007)
Function	Full-time employees	Monthly full-time payroll	Average yearly full-time wage	Part-time employees	Monthly part-time payroll
Other Government Administration	0	$0		5	$4,582
Streets and Highways	2	$8,398	$50,388	0	$0
Parks and Recreation	0	$0		1	$64
Other and Unallocable	0	$0		1	$336
Totals for Government	2	$8,398	$50,388	7	$4,982

Scanlon government finances in 2002:

Charges - Parks & Recreation: $13,000
Construction - Regular Highways: $71,000
Current Operations - Water Utilities: $194,000
General - Other: $112,000

Police Protection: $63,000

Regular Highways: $59,000

Financial Administration: $52,000

Parks & Recreation: $28,000

Fire Protection: $19,000

Central Staff Services: $12,000

Protective Inspection and Regulation, NEC: $4,000
Long Term Debt Beginning Outstanding - Water Utilities: $740,000
Long Term Debt Outstanding Nonguaranteed - Water Utilities: $720,000
Long Term Debt Retired Unspecified - Water Utilities: $20,000
Miscellaneous - Interest Earnings: $24,000
General Revenue, NEC: $13,000
Other Capital Outlay - Parks & Recreation: $64,000
General - Other: $7,000

Police Protection: $4,000

Fire Protection: $1,000
Other Funds - Cash & Deposits: $869,000
Revenue - Water Utilities: $183,000
State Intergovernmental - General Support: $289,000
All Other: $10,000
Tax - Property: $76,000
NEC: $21,000
Total Salaries & Wages: $255,000
Water Utilities - Interest on Debt: $37,000

5.86% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($37,092 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	5.86%
Minnesota average:	7.79%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:

from St. Louis County, MN	2.23% ($41,590 average AGI)
from Pine County, MN	0.46% ($27,232)
from Douglas County, WI	0.27% ($35,848)

6.03% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($32,174 average adjusted gross income)

Here:	6.03%
Minnesota average:	7.84%

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries between 2005 and 2006.

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:

to St. Louis County, MN	1.95% ($30,029 average AGI)
to Pine County, MN	0.46% ($31,982)
to Hennepin County, MN	0.29% ($23,444)

Strongest AM radio stations in Scanlon:

WEBC (560 AM; 50 kW; DULUTH, MN)
WWJC (850 AM; daytime; 10 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WWJC, INC.)
WDSM (710 AM; 10 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WKLK (1230 AM; 1 kW; CLOQUET, MN; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
KDAL (610 AM; 5 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WNMT (650 AM; 10 kW; NASHWAUK, MN; Owner: MIDWEST RADIO NETWORK, L.L.C.)
WGEE (970 AM; 1 kW; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
WCCO (830 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: INFINITY MEDIA CORPORATION)
WCTS (1030 AM; 50 kW; MAPLEWOOD, MN; Owner: CNTL. BAPT. THEO/AL SEMI MINNEAPOLIS)
KQDS (1490 AM; 1 kW; DULUTH, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
KSTP (1500 AM; 50 kW; ST. PAUL, MN; Owner: KSTP-AM, LLC (DELAWARE))
KFAN (1130 AM; 50 kW; MINNEAPOLIS, MN; Owner: AMFM RADIO LICENSES, L.L.C.)
KPRM (870 AM; 25 kW; PARK RAPIDS, MN; Owner: DE LA HUNT BROADCASTING CORP.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Scanlon:

WKLK-FM (96.5 FM; CLOQUET, MN; Owner: QB BROADCASTING, LTD.)
KBMX (107.7 FM; PROCTOR, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
WWAX (92.1 FM; HERMANTOWN, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
WSCN (100.5 FM; CLOQUET, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
KLDJ (101.7 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
KDNI (90.5 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
KQDS-FM (94.9 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)
KUMD-FM (103.3 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REGENTS OF UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA)
KDAL-FM (95.7 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KKCB (105.1 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REGENT BROADCASTING OF DULUTH, INC.)
KUWS (91.3 FM; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: BD. OF REGENTS, UNIV. OF WISC. SYS.)
WSCD-FM (92.9 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MINNESOTA PUBLIC RADIO)
KRBR-FM (102.5 FM; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KTCO (98.9 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MIDWEST COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
KDNW (97.3 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: NORTHWESTERN COLLEGE)
WNCB (89.5 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: REFUGE MEDIA GROUP)
W203AL (88.5 FM; DULUTH, MN; Owner: FAMILY STATIONS, INC.)
KZIO (104.3 FM; TWO HARBORS, MN; Owner: RED ROCK RADIO CORP.)

TV broadcast stations around Scanlon:

WDIO-TV (Channel 10; DULUTH, MN; Owner: WDIO-TV, LLC)
KDLH (Channel 3; DULUTH, MN; Owner: CHELSEY BROADCASTING COMPANY OF DULUTH, LLC)
KBJR-TV (Channel 6; SUPERIOR, WI; Owner: KBJR LICENSE, INC.)
KQDS-TV (Channel 21; DULUTH, MN; Owner: KQDS ACQUISITION CORP.)
WDSE-TV (Channel 8; DULUTH, MN; Owner: DULUTH-SUPERIOR AREA EDUCATIONAL TV CORPORATION)
K58CM (Channel 58; DULUTH, MN; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
K38DS (Channel 38; DULUTH, MN; Owner: STEVEN R. ZUKERBERG)
K62EP (Channel 62; DULUTH, MN; Owner: DAN BLECHMAN)
K64EF (Channel 64; DULUTH, MN; Owner: STEVEN R. ZUKERBERG)
K68EA (Channel 68; DULUTH, MN; Owner: MS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC)
KWMN-LP (Channel 56; DULUTH, MN; Owner: DULUTH DATACASTING PARTNERS, G.P.)
KDUL-LP (Channel 60; DULUTH, MN; Owner: DULUTH TV PARTNERS, GP)
K15DU (Channel 15; DULUTH, MN; Owner: DAN BLECHMAN)
K66EO (Channel 66; DULUTH, MN; Owner: HAROLD AND/ OR SUE KROGMAN)

Scanlon fatal accident list:
Sep 24, 1981 09:10 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 1, Fatalities: 1
Dec 1, 1979 12:18 AM, Vehicles: 1, Persons: 2, Fatalities: 1, Drunken drivers: 1

National Bridge Inventory (NBI) Statistics
Number of bridges: 8
Total length: 72 meters (236ft)
Total average daily traffic: 78,100
Total average daily truck traffic: 3,934

FCC Registered Antenna Towers: 2

Bruce Gluckman, Corner Of 25th St., & Tall Pine Lane, Type: Tower, Structure height: 33.5 m, Overall height: 33.5 m
Registrant: 100 Crystal Run Road, Middletown, NY 10941, Phone: (914) 695-2600, Email:
EDWARD T MOORE, 1.6 Miles Nne Of Scanlon, Mn In Section 29, Carlton County, Mn, Type: Tower, Structure height: 57.9 m, Overall height: 60.6 m
Registrant: Glover Property Management, Inc., Real Estate Manager, 8 Doaks Lane, Marblehead, MA 01945, Phone: (781) 639-1113, Email:

FCC Registered Private Land Mobile Towers: 1

2801 Dewey Ave, Call Sign: KNEZ419, Licensee ID: L00616747
Assigned Frequencies : 154.250 MHz, 154.295 MHz
Grant Date: 01/03/2003, Expiration Date: 03/30/2013
Registrant: Scanlon, Town Of, 2801 Dewey, Scanlon, MN 55720, Phone: (218) 879-4578

	A) FHA, FSA/RHS & VA Home Purchase Loans		B) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		C) Refinancings		D) Home Improvement Loans		F) Non-occupant Loans on < 5 Family Dwellings (A B C & D)
Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	1	$152,460	9	$116,487	14	$113,644	3	$33,043	2	$114,560
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	0	$0	2	$116,190	2	$126,310	1	$45,790	0	$0
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	1	$138,910	9	$125,481	2	$64,825	3	$149,320
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	1	$95,180	1	$135,140	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0	1	$77,000	0	$0	0	$0

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Detailed HMDA statistics for the following Tracts: 9702.00

	A) Conventional Home Purchase Loans		B) Refinancings
Private Mortgage Insurance Companies Aggregated Statistics For Year 2007 (Based on 1 partial tract)
	Number	Average Value	Number	Average Value
LOANS ORIGINATED	4	$103,115	2	$130,685
APPLICATIONS APPROVED, NOT ACCEPTED	1	$80,950	1	$98,610
APPLICATIONS DENIED	0	$0	0	$0
APPLICATIONS WITHDRAWN	0	$0	0	$0
FILES CLOSED FOR INCOMPLETENESS	0	$0	0	$0

Choose year: 2007 2006 2005 2004

Detailed PMIC statistics for the following Tracts: 9702.00

Conventional Home Purchase Loans

Conventional Home Purchase Loans - Value

2006 National Fire Incident Reporting System Incidents:

Fire: 7
Hazardous Condition: 3
Service Call: 1

Incident types - Scanlon

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