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St. James, MN

4,740 Population
2.3 square miles 2,032 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Watonwan County: 40.6 ±0.8
  • a little less than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$32,172 ±$5,525 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Watonwan County: $35,659 ±$2,517
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$57,031 ±$11,713 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Watonwan County: $70,593 ±$6,881
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

19.3% ±7.8% (898  ±362) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Watonwan County: 13% † 1,438 (±3.5% / ±385)
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

20.3 minutes ±3.6 (34,645  ±7,564) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Watonwan County: 22.9 † 109,985 (±2.5 / ±13,445)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

1,833 ±126 Number of households
  • Watonwan County: 4,314 ±151
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.5 ±0.2 (4,663  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Watonwan County: 2.6 11,006 (±0.1 / ±17)
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

8.9% ±6.6% (86  ±64) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Watonwan County: 8.4% † 184 (±3.7% / ±81)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

2,091 ±129 Number of housing units
  • Watonwan County: 4,904 ±77
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$109,600 ±$14,282 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Watonwan County: $151,600 † ±$16,399
  • about one-third of the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

3.6% ±2.3% (167  ±108) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Watonwan County: 4.8% † 528 (±1.3% / ±143)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

86% ±9.9% (2,556  ±311.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Watonwan County: 88.4% 6,608 (±4.8% / ±364.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
17.6% ±4.4% (522  ±132.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Watonwan County: 18.2% † 1,360 (±2.2% / ±165.3)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 38.8% 1,513,374 (±0.2% / ±8,335.6)

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

18.3% ±5.3% (865  ±253) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Watonwan County: 11.5% 1,287
  • more than double the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5% ±2% (167  ±66) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Watonwan County: 6.3% † 525 (±0.9% / ±71)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
167 Total veterans ±66 161 Male ±64 6 Female ±15

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