City safety & data profile

Saint CloudMN

Saint Cloud, MN is a 66K-resident city in Stearns County with a median household income of $61,374.

Stearns County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Saint Cloud, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Saint Cloud has a population larger than 86% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $225,000, and 2 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-05

66K
Population (place)
Top 14%
By size
$61,374
Median income (place)
$225,000
Median home (place)
20.2%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Saint Cloud

Saint Cloud posts a median household income higher than 24% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 2 hospitals serve the Saint Cloud area.

Bottom 25%
by median income, US cities
2
hospitals in & near Saint Cloud

Where Saint Cloud income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$61,374 Bottom 24% higher than 24% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Saint Cloud $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in MN

Population among 97 MN places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Minneapolis is the largest MN city on this list; Rogers leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in MN

Median household income among the same 97-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Rogers posts the highest place-level median income in MN; Minneapolis is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Saint Cloud, MN beyond the headline numbers

Saint Cloud sits inside Stearns County, Minnesota, at roughly 45.56°N, -94.16°W. Population 65,842, $61,374 median household income. Median home value $225,000, median rent $1,003. Poverty rate 20.2%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

2 hospitals in/around Saint Cloud, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

20.2% of Saint Cloud, MN residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

The median home in Saint Cloud costs roughly 3.7 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

Remote work covers 8.5% of Saint Cloud workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 18.2% in Saint Cloud, the highest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Saint Cloud's median age is 30.6 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Saint Cloud from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
65,842
Saint Cloud · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$61,374
-31% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$225,000
-46% vs avg
Median Age (place)
30.6
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Stearns County): Saint Cloud's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
161K+6%
Median Income
$77,066+41%
Median Home Value
$273,400+63%
Poverty Rate
12.9%-2%
Unemployment
4.1%-37%

Economics

Economics indicators for Saint Cloud, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,003/mo
Poverty Rate
20.2% +63% vs avg
Unemployment 6%
Bachelor's Degree+ 30.4%
Work From Home 8.5%
Public Transit 2%

Population

White 66.3%
African American 19.9%
Asian 4.1%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.9%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
38.9%
Short Sleep Duration
32.3%
High Blood Pressure
30.4%
Physical Inactivity
26%
Frequent Mental Distress
18.3%
Binge Drinking
18.2%
Current Smoking
16%
Frequent Physical Distress
12.6%
Current Asthma
10.8%
Diabetes
10.5%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.2%
Annual Checkup 73.5%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.3%
Coronary Heart Disease
6%
Stroke
3.3%

Hospitals 2 total

Rating Distribution
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1
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0
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
2
With ER
1
ST CLOUD HOSPITAL
SAINT CLOUD · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Saint Cloud?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Saint Cloud right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-SAINT-CLOUD-MN · Saint Cloud

Saint Cloud: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Saint Cloud; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse Minnesota state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Saint Cloud, MN? ▼
Saint Cloud, MN has a population of 65,842 people, located in Stearns County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Saint Cloud? ▼
The median household income in Saint Cloud, MN is $61,374 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 20.2%.
What is the median home value in Saint Cloud? ▼
The median home value in Saint Cloud, MN is $225,000. Median rent is $1,003/month.
What are the top health concerns in Saint Cloud? ▼
The top health indicators in Saint Cloud include Obesity (38.9%), Short Sleep Duration (32.3%), High Blood Pressure (30.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Saint Cloud? ▼
Saint Cloud has 2 hospitals with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Saint Cloud? ▼
The median age in Saint Cloud, MN is 30.6 years. 30.4% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Saint Cloud, both outside Minnesota so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (20.2% here).

Knoxville, TN 20.2% Sunrise Manor, NV 20.2% Perth Amboy, NJ 20.2% Rosenberg, TX 20.2%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($61,374 here).

Riverside, OH $61,352 Rio Rico, AZ $61,348 Fort Wayne, IN $61,422 Findlay, OH $61,423

Compare Saint Cloud with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

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Using Saint Cloud's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Saint Cloud area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
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Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Stearns County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.