West St. Paul is home to 21,382 people in Minnesota. Density works out to 4,357 people per square mile. That trails the Minnesota median by roughly 23%. Owners hold 57% of the housing stock. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $301,300. Poverty is uncommon here, at 8.9% of residents.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $68,464, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.8
US median: 38.9
Average education
35% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 35%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about West St. Paul
What changed most since 2000
Median home value (2024 dollars)$223,881 → $301,300(+35%)US over the same years: +71%
White share83.2% → 66.2%(−16.9 pts)US over the same years: −11.3 pts
West St. Paul's population equals 4.8% of Dakota County's. Its number of households without a car equals 17% of the county's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 7.3% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)16.6%(161)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)11.4%(111)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era49.6%(481)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II9.3%(90)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 970 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
West St. Paul, decade by decade
West St. Paul population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
2000
19,405
$74,875
$223,881
23.9%
37.0
2010
19,540
$69,684
$310,444
28.4%
58.6
2020
20,615
$69,258
$261,194
33.9%
67.8
2024
21,382
$68,464
$301,300
35.5%
63.9
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
