Bryn Mawr (pronounced from
Welsh
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for "big hill") is a neighborhood within the
Calhoun-Isles community in
Minneapolis
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located directly west of downtown Minneapolis. Prior to the 1960s, the neighborhood was home to many workers of the nearby
Minneapolis and St. Louis Railway yard. The neighborhood is all residential with two small business clusters, and a majority of it is surrounded by parks and hiking trails. The west-northwest border is adjacent to
Theodore Wirth Park
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, while the southwestern perimeter borders
Saint Louis Park.
In addition to Theodore Wirth Park, Bryn Mawr is bound by more parkland:
Bassett Creek to the north, the Bryn Mawr Meadows park to the east, and
Cedar Lake and Cedar Lake park to the south. Nearby neighborhoods include
Harrison
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* Harrison, Australian Capital Territory, suburb in the Canberra district of Gungahlin
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to the north,
Lowry Hill to the southeast, and
Kenwood and
Cedar-Isles-Dean to the south.
Demographics
As of 2020, the population of Bryn-Mawr was 2,768, split 46.8% male and 53.2% female
99.6% of residents were at least a high school graduate (or equivalent), and 71.8% had earned a bachelor's degree or higher.
3.2% of the population were foreign-born residents, and 5.8% spoke a language other than English at home.
Less than 1% of households had no access to a vehicle. Among workers 16 years and older, 75.1% commuted to work via
car
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The year 1886 is regarded as ...
, 22.0% walked,
biked, or
worked at home, with the rest using
public transit
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or some other method. The
medium household income in Bryn-Mawr was $106,310. 6.2% of residents lived below the
poverty line
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, and 7.3% were unemployed. 85.2% of housing in the neighborhood was
owner-occupied.
References
External links
Bryn Mawr ElementaryBryn Mawr Neighborhood Association
Neighborhoods in Minneapolis
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