Is Denfeld, Duluth, Minnesota right for you?
Part of the Denfeld neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
You will love Denfeld if you want the most house and lot for your money in Duluth and you are equipped to judge an old building. This is the address where $200,000 buys a real yard, a garage, a walkable high school, a ballpark down the street, a grocery run of about a mile, and eight minutes to a ski hill with a lift-served bike park. It suits first-time buyers who can handle a project, families who want space, investors, and anyone who skis or rides and would rather live near the hill than the lake.
Look elsewhere if you need move-in-ready, because the condition range is wide and the inspection list is long. Look elsewhere if you want the lake, since the water here is a working industrial harbor. Look elsewhere if rail, port, and highway noise on the lower blocks would bother you, though the hillside streets are much quieter.
And treat the price data carefully: the median was down 16.0% while price per square foot fell only 1.7%, which points to a change in what sold rather than a collapse in value. Price from close comparables in similar condition, not from a headline number.
If you want the same money with a walkable brewery district, look at Lincoln Park. If you want the commercial strip at the doorstep, look at Spirit Valley. If you want harbor views and trails, look up the hill at Piedmont.
Is it right for you? next door
Immediately west, the other West Duluth commercial node with similar housing and prices.
Lincoln ParkEast along Superior Street, the Craft District and the city's lowest prices.
PiedmontUp the hill northeast, harbor views and the city's most technical trail network.
Bayview HeightsAbove on the hillside, quieter with more postwar stock.
Duluth HeightsNortheast above the hill, the Miller Hill retail corridor and newer housing.