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West St. Paul-Mendota Heights-Eagan, MN

46,207 Population
24.5 square miles 1,884 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

40.6 ±1.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Dakota County: 38.6 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Minnesota: 38.8 ±0.1
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$55,100 ±$2,489 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Dakota County: $52,084 ±$751
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $48,237 ±$234
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$91,151 ±$5,750 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Dakota County: $106,318 ±$1,455
  • about the same as the amount in Minnesota: $89,062 ±$409
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.8% ±1.4% (3,106  ±651) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dakota County: 5.9% 25,893 (±0.4% / ±1,769)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Minnesota: 9.3% 522,508 (±0.2% / ±9,015)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

20.7 minutes ±0.6 (390,190  ±22,800) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dakota County: 23.7 4,400,030 (±0.4 / ±92,708)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Minnesota: 22.7 54,914,636 (±0.1 / ±295,702)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,635 ±628 Number of households
  • Dakota County: 174,362 ±654
  • Minnesota: 2,307,955 ±6,063
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.2 ±0.1 (45,732  ±795) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Dakota County: 2.5 442,378 (±0 / ±43)
  • 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

2.9% ±1% (314  ±106) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Dakota County: 5.2% 5,247 (±0.5% / ±503)
  • about half the rate in Minnesota: 5.6% 72,229 (±0.1% / ±1,882)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,516 ±611 Number of housing units
  • Dakota County: 178,879 ±128
  • Minnesota: 2,545,030 ±1,535
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$360,400 ±$10,014 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in Dakota County: $381,000 ±$3,081
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Minnesota: $329,300 ±$903
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

13.2% ±2.1% (6,080  ±952.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dakota County: 11% 48,629 (±0.6% / ±2,479.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 12.2% 691,832 (±0.2% / ±9,053.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.6% ±2.6% (31,377  ±1,249.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Dakota County: 95.2% 289,704 (±1.2% / ±3,691.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Minnesota: 93.9% 3,685,922 (±0.3% / ±13,417.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
47% ±2.1% (15,584  ±825.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Dakota County: 45% 137,130 (±0.8% / ±2,377.9)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Minnesota: 39.4% 1,546,100 (±0.2% / ±8,550.4)
  • about 1.3 times 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

11.8% ±1.6% (5,437  ±750) Foreign-born population
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Dakota County: 10.1% 45,213
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Minnesota: 8.7% 497,722
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.1% ±0.7% (1,900  ±278) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Dakota County: 5.9% 20,077 (±0.3% / ±965)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Minnesota: 5.9% 259,988 (±0.1% / ±3,034)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,900 Total veterans ±278 1,747 Male ±271 153 Female ±81

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