City safety & data profile

StillwaterMN

Stillwater, MN is a 19K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $105,853.

Washington County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Stillwater, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Stillwater has a population larger than 40% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $414,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

19K
Population (place)
Bottom 41%
By size
$105,853
Median income (place)
$414,200
Median home (place)
7.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Stillwater

Stillwater posts a median household income higher than 74% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Stillwater area.

Top 26%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Stillwater

Where Stillwater income ranks nationally

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

$105,853 Top 26% higher than 74% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Stillwater $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 Stillwater, MN beyond the headline numbers

Stillwater sits inside Washington County, Minnesota, at roughly 45.06°N, -92.81°W. Population 18,924, $105,853 median household income. Median home value $414,200, median rent $1,622. Poverty rate 7.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

1 hospital in/around Stillwater, 4/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

At 7.3%, poverty in Stillwater, MN runs below the midpoint of reporting cities -- enough to matter locally, not enough to dominate the city's profile.

The median home in Stillwater costs roughly 3.9 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

21.9% of Stillwater 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: 25.4% in Stillwater, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

At 42.5 years, Stillwater's median age is in the oldest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Stillwater 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)
18,924
Stillwater · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$105,853
+18% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$414,200
Near average
Median Age (place)
42.5
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Washington County): Stillwater'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
276K+14%
Median Income
$115,345+41%
Median Home Value
$422,000+74%
Poverty Rate
5.1%-11%
Unemployment
3.4%-44%

Economics

Economics indicators for Stillwater, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,622/mo
Poverty Rate
7.3% -41% vs avg
Unemployment 3.5%
Bachelor's Degree+ 51%
Work From Home 21.9%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 89.3%
African American 1.1%
Asian 2.3%
Two or More Ethnicities 0.5%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
33.4%
High Blood Pressure
30.6%
Short Sleep Duration
25.4%
Physical Inactivity
18.6%
Binge Drinking
16.4%
Frequent Mental Distress
13.4%
Current Smoking
11.1%
Diabetes
10.5%
Frequent Physical Distress
10.4%
Current Asthma
9.7%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 73%
Annual Checkup 77.1%

Other Measures

Coronary Heart Disease
5.6%
Lack of Health Insurance
5.1%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
LAKEVIEW MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
STILLWATER · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Stillwater?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-STILLWATER-MN · Stillwater

Stillwater: 1 tagged alert; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-TRACE 1 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Houston

Tagged alert mix: Stillwater

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Stillwater.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Houston, TX (1 tagged · Δ0)

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

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (1 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Houston, TX 1 alerts Washington, DC 1 alerts Nashville, TN 1 alerts Portland, OR 1 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Stillwater, MN? ▼
Stillwater, MN has a population of 18,924 people, located in Washington County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Stillwater? ▼
The median household income in Stillwater, MN is $105,853 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 7.3%.
What is the median home value in Stillwater? ▼
The median home value in Stillwater, MN is $414,200. Median rent is $1,622/month.
What are the top health concerns in Stillwater? ▼
The top health indicators in Stillwater include Obesity (33.4%), High Blood Pressure (30.6%), Short Sleep Duration (25.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Stillwater? ▼
Stillwater has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Stillwater? ▼
The median age in Stillwater, MN is 42.5 years. 51% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (7.3% here).

Scottsdale, AZ 7.3% Westminster, CO 7.3% Temecula, CA 7.3% Saint Charles, MO 7.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($105,853 here).

Atco, NJ $105,847 Upland, CA $105,830 Youngsville, LA $105,876 Havre de Grace, MD $105,817

Compare Stillwater with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Hudson, WI 14K Oakdale, MN 28K North Saint Paul, MN 11K Woodbury, MN 68K White Bear Lake, MN 25K Hugo, MN 14K Maplewood, MN 41K River Falls, WI 15K
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Using Stillwater'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 Stillwater 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.
  • Compare Stillwater against Minnesota peers on any ranking lens. Explore Minnesota

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 (Washington 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.