Ramsey vs St. Peter

A side-by-side comparison of Ramsey and St. Peter: population, income, housing, and more.

Ramsey and St. Peter are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ramsey has the higher population (998 vs 256 in St. Peter). St. Peter has the higher median household income ($55,000 vs $50,664 in Ramsey). St. Peter has the higher median home value ($91,400 vs $58,000 in Ramsey).

Population, income & housing

	Ramsey	St. Peter
Population	998	256
Median age	38.8 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$50,664	$55,000
Median home value	$58,000	$91,400
Median gross rent	$742	$488
Housing units	407	113
Homeownership rate	81.8%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.0%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ramsey	St. Peter
Population	987 → 998 (+1.1%)	435 → 256 (-41.1%)
Median household income	$32,381 → $50,664 (+56.5%)	$45,938 → $55,000 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$59,700 → $58,000 (-2.8%)	$66,300 → $91,400 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$650 → $742 (+14.2%)	$413 → $488 (+18.2%)

Ramsey

Population

987998

Median household income

$32,381$50,664

Median home value

$59,700$58,000

Median gross rent

$650$742

St. Peter

Population

435256

Median household income

$45,938$55,000

Median home value

$66,300$91,400

Median gross rent

$413$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ramsey	St. Peter
Under 5	6.3%	7.4%
5 to 17	16.8%	17.6%
18 to 24	9.0%	6.3%
25 to 34	14.1%	10.5%
35 to 44	7.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	18.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	11.7%	18.0%
65 to 74	3.1%	13.7%
75 and over	12.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ramsey	St. Peter
White (non-Hispanic)	91.7%	98.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ramsey	St. Peter
No high school diploma	31.0%	6.3%
High school graduate	42.8%	40.3%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ramsey	St. Peter
Drove alone	86.3%	77.5%
Carpooled	11.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	18.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	1.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ramsey	St. Peter
1-unit, detached	80.6%	88.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	7.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Ramsey	St. Peter
Poverty rate	16.5%	11.3%
Average household size	2.88	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	38	20
Median year structure built	1966	1957