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West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, MN

45,924 Population
24.5 square miles 1,872.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.3 ±1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dakota County: 38.4 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.6 ±0.2

Economics

$53,332 ±$2,646 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dakota County: $50,901 ±$592
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $46,957 ±$226
$89,830 ±$5,543 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Dakota County: $105,212 ±$1,290
  • a little higher than the amount in Minnesota: $87,556 ±$396

6.6% ±1.1% (3,029  ±493) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 24,512 (±0.5% / ±2,047)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 9.2% 514,300 (±0.2% / ±8,955)

21.1 minutes ±0.6 (407,640  ±25,640) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dakota County: 24.2 4,615,040 (±0.4 / ±99,185)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 23.1 57,023,716 (±0.1 / ±261,630)

Families

20,225 ±672 Number of households
  • Dakota County: 171,630 ±571
  • Minnesota: 2,282,967 ±5,281
2.2 ±0.1 (45,359  ±1,027) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dakota County: 2.6 438,822 (±0 / ±45)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 2.4 5,575,919

3.3% ±1.1% (350  ±113) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dakota County: 5.6% 5,589 (±0.5% / ±500)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,603 (±0.2% / ±1,945)

Housing

21,132 ±641 Number of housing units
  • Dakota County: 176,447 ±140
  • Minnesota: 2,519,538 ±958

$344,900 ±$11,061 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dakota County: $362,100 ±$2,738
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $305,500 ±$890

11% ±1.7% (5,007  ±779.9) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Dakota County: 11.3% 49,329 (±0.6% / ±2,695)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 12.7% 714,609 (±0.2% / ±9,441.2)

Social

94.3% ±2.4% (31,250  ±1,267.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dakota County: 95.5% 287,575 (±1.2% / ±3,735.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,657,954 (±0.3% / ±12,837.3)
46.2% ±2% (15,326  ±832.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dakota County: 44.6% 134,328 (±0.8% / ±2,411.8)
  • about 20 percent higher than 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

11.9% ±1.8% (5,460  ±844) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Dakota County: 9.7% 43,046
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.6% 488,897

5.7% ±0.9% (2,108  ±320) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dakota County: 6.2% 20,850 (±0.3% / ±915)
  • a little less than the rate in Minnesota: 6.1% 267,133 (±0.1% / ±2,994)
2,108 Total veterans ±320 1,902 Male ±317 206 Female ±110

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