City safety & data profile

WoodburyMN

Woodbury, MN is a 68K-resident city in Washington County with a median household income of $125,310.

Washington County, Minnesota. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Woodbury, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Woodbury has a population larger than 87% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $450,200, and 1 hospital serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-03

68K
Population (place)
Top 13%
By size
$125,310
Median income (place)
$450,200
Median home (place)
5.3%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Woodbury

Woodbury posts a median household income higher than 85% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 1 hospital serves the Woodbury area.

Top 15%
by median income, US cities
1
hospital in & near Woodbury

Where Woodbury income ranks nationally

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

$125,310 Top 15% higher than 85% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Woodbury $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

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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 Woodbury, MN beyond the headline numbers

Woodbury sits inside Washington County, Minnesota, at roughly 44.92°N, -92.96°W. Population 67,855, $125,310 median household income. Median home value $450,200, median rent $1,908. Poverty rate 5.3%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

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

Hardship is low by national standards: 5.3% of Woodbury, MN residents live below the poverty line, in the least-affected quarter of the 3,890 cities reporting a rate.

The median home in Woodbury costs roughly 3.6 times median household income, below the midpoint for reporting cities, so ownership remains reachable on a typical local wage.

27.4% of Woodbury 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: 25.5% in Woodbury, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Woodbury 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)
67,855
Woodbury · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$125,310
+40% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$450,200
+9% vs avg
Median Age (place)
38
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Washington County): Woodbury'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 Woodbury, MN
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,908/mo
Poverty Rate
5.3% -57% vs avg
Unemployment 3.9%
Bachelor's Degree+ 61.3%
Work From Home 27.4%
Public Transit 1.1%

Population

White 69.6%
African American 7.8%
Asian 13.5%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.7%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
31.3%
High Blood Pressure
27.3%
Short Sleep Duration
25.5%
Physical Inactivity
17.1%
Binge Drinking
16.5%
Frequent Mental Distress
12.7%
Diabetes
9.4%
Current Smoking
9.3%
Current Asthma
9.2%
Frequent Physical Distress
9%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 75.4%
Annual Checkup 76.3%

Other Measures

Lack of Health Insurance
4.8%
Coronary Heart Disease
4.5%
Stroke
2.3%

Hospitals 1 total

Rating Distribution
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0
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0
Average Rating
4/5
Total Hospitals
1
With ER
1
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WOODBURY · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Woodbury?

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

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet MN-WOODBURY-MN · Woodbury

Woodbury: 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: Woodbury

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 1 tagged notice on record for Woodbury.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

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

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Woodbury; 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 Woodbury, MN? ▼
Woodbury, MN has a population of 67,855 people, located in Washington County, Minnesota.
What is the median household income in Woodbury? ▼
The median household income in Woodbury, MN is $125,310 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 5.3%.
What is the median home value in Woodbury? ▼
The median home value in Woodbury, MN is $450,200. Median rent is $1,908/month.
What are the top health concerns in Woodbury? ▼
The top health indicators in Woodbury include Obesity (31.3%), High Blood Pressure (27.3%), Short Sleep Duration (25.5%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Woodbury? ▼
Woodbury has 1 hospital with an average rating of 4/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Woodbury? ▼
The median age in Woodbury, MN is 38 years. 61.3% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

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

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside MN (5.3% here).

Gilbert, AZ 5.3% Pleasanton, CA 5.3% Folsom, CA 5.3% Shawnee, KS 5.3%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside MN ($125,310 here).

Danvers, MA $125,395 Morrisville, NC $125,396 Abington, MA $125,400 Waunakee, WI $125,220

Compare Woodbury with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Oakdale, MN 28K Maplewood, MN 41K South Saint Paul, MN 20K North Saint Paul, MN 11K Cottage Grove, MN 36K Inver Grove Heights, MN 35K Saint Paul, MN 303K West Saint Paul, MN 20K
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Using Woodbury'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 Woodbury 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 (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.