City safety & data profile

Saint PaulMN

Saint Paul, MN is a 303K-resident city in Ramsey County with a median household income of $73,394.

Ramsey County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Saint Paul, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Saint Paul has a population larger than 98% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $294,500, and 3 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

303K
Population (place)
Top 2%
By size
$73,394
Median income (place)
$294,500
Median home (place)
15.6%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Saint Paul

Saint Paul posts a median household income higher than 41% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 3 hospitals serve the Saint Paul area.

Bottom 42%
by median income, US cities
3
hospitals in & near Saint Paul

Where Saint Paul income ranks nationally

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

$73,394 Bottom 41% higher than 41% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Saint Paul $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 Paul, MN beyond the headline numbers

Saint Paul sits inside Ramsey County, Minnesota, at roughly 44.94°N, -93.09°W. Population 303,176, $73,394 median household income. Median home value $294,500, median rent $1,281. Poverty rate 15.6%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

3 hospitals in/around Saint Paul, 3/5 avg rating, 2 with an ER.

Poverty in Saint Paul, MN stands at 15.6%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

A median home in Saint Paul runs about 4.0 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

20.2% of Saint Paul workers report working from home, the highest quarter of reporting cities. Where that share runs this high, local income increasingly reflects employers located somewhere else.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 30.7% in Saint Paul, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

5.4% of Saint Paul workers commute by public transit, a larger share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Saint Paul's median age is 33.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Saint Paul 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)
303,176
Saint Paul · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$73,394
-18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$294,500
-29% vs avg
Median Age (place)
33.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Ramsey County): Saint Paul'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
543K+5%
Median Income
$81,568+50%
Median Home Value
$326,600+65%
Poverty Rate
12.3%-27%
Unemployment
4.9%-42%

Economics

Economics indicators for Saint Paul, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,281/mo
Poverty Rate
15.6% +26% vs avg
Unemployment 5.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 43.8%
Work From Home 20.2%
Public Transit 5.4%

Population

White 51.5%
African American 15.8%
Asian 17.9%
Two or More Ethnicities 5.3%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
32.8%
Short Sleep Duration
30.7%
High Blood Pressure
28.4%
Physical Inactivity
22%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.4%
Binge Drinking
16.1%
Current Smoking
13.9%
Frequent Physical Distress
12%
Diabetes
10.5%
Current Asthma
10.4%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 62.5%
Annual Checkup 72.7%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
9.4%
Coronary Heart Disease
5.1%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 3 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
0
★★★★
0
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2
★★
0
0
Average Rating
3/5
Total Hospitals
3
With ER
2
ALLINA UNITED HOSPITAL
SAINT PAUL · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆
REGIONS HOSPITAL
SAINT PAUL · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★☆☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Saint Paul?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Saint Paul 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-PAUL · Saint Paul

Saint Paul: 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 Paul; 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 Paul, MN?
Saint Paul, MN has a population of 303,176 people, located in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Saint Paul?
The median household income in Saint Paul, MN is $73,394 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 15.6%.
What is the median home value in Saint Paul?
The median home value in Saint Paul, MN is $294,500. Median rent is $1,281/month.
What are the top health concerns in Saint Paul?
The top health indicators in Saint Paul include Obesity (32.8%), Short Sleep Duration (30.7%), High Blood Pressure (28.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Saint Paul?
Saint Paul has 3 hospitals with an average rating of 3/5 stars. 2 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Saint Paul?
The median age in Saint Paul, MN is 33.7 years. 43.8% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (15.6% here).

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($73,394 here).

Compare Saint Paul with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Using Saint Paul'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 Paul area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
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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 (Ramsey 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.