Is Piedmont, Duluth, Minnesota right for you?
Part of the Piedmont neighborhood guide. Back to the full guide.
You will love Piedmont if the riding is the point. This is the Duluth address where the most technical singletrack in a ninety-mile network starts at the top of your street, where the upper blocks look out over a working harbor and a river estuary, and where all of that costs less per square foot than the citywide average. It suits outdoor-oriented buyers, families who want a hillside house on the west-side school pathway, remote workers who value the eight-minute run to Miller Hill and the ten-minute run to the airport, and anyone who would rather have trails than a beach.
Look elsewhere if the grades would wear you down. These are among the steepest residential streets in a famously steep city, and they shape every winter morning. Look elsewhere if you want walkable errands, because there is no business district and the grocery is three miles away. Look elsewhere if you want the lake, since Piedmont has views of the harbor but no frontage and no Lakewalk access. And be prepared to move quickly, because Redfin rates this the most competitive submarket in Duluth and the good listings do not wait.
If you want the trails with a walkable district attached, look at Lincoln Park downhill. If you want flatter ground and a shopping center, look at Duluth Heights. If you want this life on the east side, look at Hunter's Park and expect to pay more.
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Downhill to the southeast, the Craft District and the city's most affordable housing.
Duluth HeightsNortheast toward Miller Hill, flatter with newer housing and the retail corridor.
DenfeldSouthwest in West Duluth, more single-family stock at lower prices.
Spirit ValleyWest, the other West Duluth commercial node and closest to Spirit Mountain.
KenwoodNortheast above the hill, level ground and a walkable shopping center.