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St. Peter city, Nicollet County, MN

12,185 Population
6.1 square miles 2,008.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.6 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Nicollet County: 38.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$30,810 ±$2,148 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Nicollet County: $44,053 ±$4,052
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$65,122 ±$5,304 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Nicollet County: $79,756 ±$5,251
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

16.8% ±3.1% (1,677  ±314) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in Nicollet County: 8% † 2,557 (±1.3% / ±410)
  • nearly double the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.4 minutes ±1.1 (76,460  ±8,780) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Nicollet County: 16.4 257,740 (±0.8 / ±16,141)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,059 ±194 Number of households
  • Nicollet County: 13,002 ±180
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (9,138  ±94) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Nicollet County: 2.4 31,152 (±0 / ±52)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,601,148
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.8% ±1.7% (85  ±51) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Nicollet County: 4.1% † 344 (±1.4% / ±114)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,249 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Nicollet County: 13,596 ±63
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$250,700 ±$20,854 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Nicollet County: $270,300 ±$7,826
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

19.1% ±3.4% (2,313  ±410.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nicollet County: 13.4% † 4,549 (±1.9% / ±660.2)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.8% ±6.5% (6,662  ±531) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Nicollet County: 94.5% 21,109 (±3.9% / ±884)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
34.5% ±4.4% (2,529  ±333.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Nicollet County: 36.1% 8,052 (±2.4% / ±546.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6.3% ±1.5% (761  ±185) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Nicollet County: 4.6% 1,575
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.5% ±1.2% (452  ±124) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Nicollet County: 5.4% † 1,460 (±0.7% / ±198)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
452 Total veterans ±124 417 Male ±127 35 Female ±31

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